Horror writer Hope Matthews is having nightmares. Nightmares where she's being stalked in the woods by a monster she can't see. Deciding that she's just under too much stress, she rents a cabin on Crystal Lake in Escape, Colorado over the Christmas holidays, determined to rid herself of her dreams and finish her latest book at the same time.

But something is waiting in the woods around Crystal Lake for Hope, something who knew she would be coming. Something who drew her there in her dreams.

Can Hope escape the Christmas season with her life, or will she find herself at the bottom of Crystal Lake, never to be seen again?