In Dark Places, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn — who was, until recently, a TV critic at EW, though our paths never crossed — has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and ...

But “Dark Places” merely scratches the surface of the Satanic panic of the ’80s, that media-driven hysteria that led to such miscarriages of justice as the West Memphis Three.

Dark Places might appeal to the biggest Gillian Flynn fans, but if you haven’t read the book, I’m betting you’ll be confused, lost, and eventually disappointed in the off-the-wall climax.

Unfortunately, Dark Places doesn’t have the marketing muscle that its high-profile sibling had to its name. This is a damned shame, as Dark Places is, surprisingly, a more thrilling mystery tale ...

Much like in “Gone Girl,” the women of “Dark Places” are devious and the men are stupid. This cynical outlook is at once new and different in Hollywood films, but one wonders how long that ...

Flynn's Dark Places, on the other hand, turned out to be a much better read than it was a cinematic experience from director Gilles Paquet-Brenner (despite its talented cast that includes Charlize ...

Dark Places is in preproduction now and tentatively scheduled for a fall 2014 release. Sharp Objects is straight-up TBD—we'll keep an eye on its progress. And when are we getting more new Gillian?