Brian, a recent college graduate in Columbus, Ohio, seeks agency when his girlfriend moves to New York for medical school and corporate America fails to meet his expectations, with the help of his freewheeling co-worker, George.

Every year, a family home is turned into a haunted house. The purpose is not only to be as terrifying as possible, but also to create a spectacular attraction to draw the neighbors in. The situation grows increasingly complicated, broken and distressed as the family’s problems intercede in their plans and as their real lives become the film’s true and overriding scary haunt.

A novelist struggling with writer's block interviews his wealthy estranged college roommate and his wife, where an old secret threatens all of their safety.