年轻人本（杰瑞米·艾文 Jeremy Irvine 饰）固守着世代经营的向导和搜救工作，为此只能与青梅竹马的女朋友莱娜两地相隔，独自留在蛮荒的旷野沙漠地带。某天，早已功成名就的商界人士约翰·麦迪克（迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰）开着美国仅此一辆的SUV来到小镇，他热爱狩猎，为了猎杀大角羊而整装完备。约翰坚信钱可以打通一切，因此花钱收买了警长和本，取得了猎杀大角羊的机会。苍茫旷野，杳无人烟，本引导着约翰走入炎热的矿业腹地。谁知情况急转直下，踌躇满志的约翰不小心射杀了一名当地人，这位善于衡量利益权重的男人为求自保，不惜将约翰拉入这个血腥的泥潭。与世隔绝的死亡之地，两个男人展开了实力悬殊的较量……
It's Halloween eve on Shelter Island, and the small town is preparing for a killer storm. But the dark clouds gathering over the island are bringing with them a curse one-hundred years in waiting. As the woods give birth to an ungodly and insatiable creature of fire, bones, and earth, three sisters must scramble to stay alive through the long dark night of the Hollow. For it's not something you can kill. It's only something you can try and survive.- Written by Anonymous