Summaries

After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful 13 year old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victms - a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story - and survive this homecoming.—Jessica Silva

Sharp Objects centers on reporter Camille Preaker who, fresh from a brief stay at a psychiatric hospital, must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.—ahmetkozan

Details

Keywords
  • murder
  • based on novel
  • southern gothic
  • journalist
  • hometown
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jul 7, 2018
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-MA
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Barnesville, Georgia, USA
Production companies Blumhouse Television Crazyrose Fourth Born

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Tech specs

Runtime 53m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

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