Claire wakes one day to find herself chained in a basement. Her horror is amplified when she discovers that her captor is her own mother! Helen assures Claire that the situation is necessary and �for her own good.� And to add to Claire�s terror, in the days and nights to follow she is beset by strange apparitions and frightening experiences, finding herself precariously balanced on a razor�s edge between reality and insanity, and ultimately forced to face a dark truth.