Ključna beseda Southern Gothic

Mladi kmet Ben Quick išče delo. Pot ga popelje v mestece ob reki Mississippi, kjer izve, da Will Varner oddaja kmetijo. Ko prispe na Varnerjev dom, ga tam hladno sprejme Willova hčerka Clara. Punca noče imeti z Benom nobenega opravka, zato pokliče brata Jodyja. Jody je v očetovi odsotnosti poglavar hiše, drugače pa se očeta neznansko boji in se neprestano trudi, da bi si pridobil njegovo naklonjenost.

John Munn sam vzgaja sinova Chrisa in Tima na manjši podeželski farmi na ameriškem jugu. Chris se tu počuti ujetega in si želi raziskati svet. A resničnost je taka, da se mora sprijazniti z dejanskim stanjem in skoraj vse postoriti sam, saj je Tim ves čas bolehen. Nekega dne družino nepričakovano obišče Johnov brat Deel, ki je pravkar prišel iz zapora. Njegov prihod vse postavi na glavo, pride do nasilja in celo umora, fanta pa komaj pobegneta. Mnogi kritiki so film razglasili za pravo umetnino.

Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.

When the patriarch of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name and fortune.

A psychiatrist moves with her family from California to her husband’s hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.