In the fog-drenched town of Hollow's End, journalist Clara Henshaw arrives seeking a story?whispers of occult rituals and strange disappearances that promise a career-defining scoop. What she uncovers is a nightmare far beyond her skepticism: a demonic shadow, awakened by ancient rituals, hungers for souls, its grotesque vessels?twisted remnants of the dead?stalking the night. As Clara delves deeper, she becomes entangled with Riley, a defiant teenager marked by the shadow's curse, and Margaret, a grieving mother whose desperate act to reclaim her lost son, Daniel, shattered the seals binding the entity.