莎拉（伊丽莎白·奥尔森 Elizabeth Olsen 饰）和父亲来到了空置已久的湖边小屋，因为这里即将被出售给他人，所以父女两人决定先过来把卫生给打扫打扫，也算是一种告别的仪式。时间一分一秒的流逝着，夜幕渐渐降临，黑暗和静谧笼罩着湖面，亦覆盖了小屋。
一声异响之后，萨拉呼唤父亲的名字，却得不到回应，她搜寻整个小屋，却发现父亲竟然从这件屋子里凭空消失了。夜越来越深，恐惧慢慢充斥了萨拉脆弱的心...
In 1919 South America, a landowner's wife is desperate for a child of her own, having suffered through multiple miscarriages. She finds hope, however, in a seemingly outlandish plan She'll pray to a m...