由于工作和家庭问题一团糟,罗伊·所罗门(迪兰·麦克德莫特 Dylan McDermott饰)和妻子丹妮丝(佩内洛普·安·米勒 Penelope Ann Miller饰)带着正处在青春躁动期的女儿杰西(克里斯汀·斯图尔特 Kristen Stewart饰)和小儿子本(伊万·特纳 Evan Turner 饰),从熙熙攘攘的大都会芝加哥来到了荒凉的北达科他州。他们在当地购买了一座名为“向日葵”的废弃农场,打算在这里展开新的人生。 然而,美好的憧憬往往为残酷的现实所打破。在农场修缮过程中,诡异的事件不断出现,杰西和弟弟仿佛也能看见一些成人看不到的东西。阴森的气氛压得这家人几乎透不过气来,但真正恐怖的事情还远远不止于此……It's been six years since the Rollins family just up and left and now the troubled Solomon family has come from Chicago, to rebuild their lives following their sons hospitalization due to their daughter's drunk driving accident. But as they start to settle in something odd and strange begins to occur to their son. Could something supernatural be at work, and did the previous family just leave...or are they still here? Trapped in the only place they've ever known? And what did cause their deaths? Most of all...is this 'killer' still very much alive?