The 11-year-old daughter of a woman who has been battling cancer for years plots together with her best friend a way to escape from eventually having to live with her harsh and conservative aunt after her mother dies.

Struggling with horrifying, sleep-paralysis induced visions, a young writer retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated desert house. As the visions intensify, she finds herself on the verge of losing her mind...or uncovering a lif...