On their first night in the new home, they are brutally attacked by two intruders: a large, mentally impaired man known as the "Fat Man" and a woman known as the "Candy Truck Woman". Pauline manages to fight them off and seemingly kills the intruders to save her daughters.
The story then jumps forward sixteen years. Beth has become a successful horror author, having turned the trauma of that night into a bestselling novel titled Incident in a Ghostland . She lives a perfect life in Chicago with a husband and son. However, her sister Vera is still living in the old house with Pauline, suffering from severe paranoia and unable to cope with the past. After a frantic call from Vera, Beth returns to the house to help her sister. Incident in a Ghostland
The film's central "mind-bending" twist reveals that the adult life Beth is living—the fame, the husband, the escape—is actually a . On their first night in the new home,
: Beth and Vera are still trapped in the house and have been held captive for years by the original intruders. Beth has become a successful horror author, having