Wishing to leave the past behind, struggling young mother Lena Hagen and her son move into a house belonging to the enigmatic, yet affable Ellis Delapore. As she settles into her new home, she begins a genuine friendship with her landlord, and they discover a fondness and mutual trust for each other. However, as the months go on, Lena begins experiencing increasingly bizarre and fantastical happenings, and she suspects that there is something nefarious lurking beneath the foundations of the house, which Ellis will not admit is there. To uncover the truth, Lena must put her relationship with Ellis at hazard, and what she discovers is something unearthly and beyond death.