影片根据哈罗德·费雷德里克Harold Frederic (1856-1898)的小说改编，故事来自于真实的历史。作者曾经在童年的时期经历过美国的内战。1862年美国纽约州的秋天，有一名叫阿波内尔·比奇的养牛的农民，他内心固执、坚持自己的信念，因而坚决地反对内战而与自己的邻居以及政 府决裂。
An industrial tow truck driver suffering from insomnia returns to his childhood home after the untimely death of his father, to discover that a paranormal presence has been living in the house and haunting the sacred land it was built on.
