Set largely in the dark atmospheric
backwoods just outside of New Orleans, Caroline
(Kate Hudson), a live
in nurse hired to care for Violet Devereux’s
(Gena Rowlands) ailing
husband, Ben Devereux (John
Hurt) in their home...a foreboding and decrepit
mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the
enigmatic couple, their mysterious and secretive
ways and their rambling house, Caroline beings to
explore the old mansion. Armed with a skeleton key
that unlocks every door, she discovers a hidden
attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret.
