Employed as a night-nurse for the ailing Mr Cunningham, young carer Emma arrives at an isolated house in the English countryside for her first shift, prepared for an uneventful evening ahead. So why, as soon as she’s left alone inside the house with her silent new patient, does Emma feel a growing sense of dread?

As the night draws on, unease slowly blossoms into terror, as signs of a threatening supernatural presence grow harder to dismiss. Desperate to escape the premises, yet unwilling to leave the old man behind, Emma is forced to confront the dark secrets which lie buried in the house… secrets that drive her towards an appalling revelation.