A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.

A man returns to his small hometown after learning that his mother has fallen ill and is about to undergo surgery.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.