

A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Acting
Theron's physical transformation into human wreckage.
Production
Nauseatingly authentic 1985 rural poverty aesthetic.

Director
Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Gillian Flynn's second novel, published before Gone Girl made her famous—this was actually supposed to be her breakthrough.
The Satanic Panic subplot directly references the real 1980s McMartin preschool case and similar witch-hunts where children's testimony was coached and weaponized.