Beneath a canopy of twisting vines and skeletal branches, deep within the trembling backwoods of a decaying town, Robbie Lyle searches for his long-missing sister. Sorrow hangs like a veil over the family home, where his mother clings desperately to signals from the beyond. Armed only with his MiniDV camera and intense curiosity, he embarks on a voyage into the pounding heart of human darkness.