خلاصه داستان : مردی یک عمارت را به ارث می برد که سالها پیش آنجا یک آسایشگاه روانی دایر بوده است. او از عمارت دیدن کرده و شروع به تحقیق کردن در مورد اتفاقاتی که قبلاً در آنجا رخ داده و موجب ترس و وحشت مردم منطقه شده بود، میکند...

On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler dies in a burning accident outside his mansion in East Willard, Massachusetts. The residence is bequeathed to his grandson, Jeffrey. Twenty years later, lawyer John Carter arrives in East Willard on Christmas Eve with his assistant and mistress Ingrid, having been charged by Jeffrey (now registered as a patient in a mental asylum) to sell the house. The house, the town, even Jeffrey himself — all hold dark secrets that will be brought to light.