TV series

Sharp Objects

2018 · 1 season

A slow, suffocating descent into memory and menace, with flashes of beauty that make the dread linger long after each episode.

Tagline: Welcome home.
Overview: Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, family, identity, addiction
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
family
identity
addiction
isolation
Places: small town
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong