A disgraced journalist escapes to rural upstate New York in search of his comeback story, only to find that his story is hiding in the walls of his new rental. His lead - the rotted corpse of an asthmatic peeping tom. After a series of bloody events, he realizes that the body has been resurrected as part of a local cult's cynical plan to gain power and control. Entangled in a web of murders and deceit, he now has to decide who he can trust and what price he is willing to pay to get back on top.