On their first night in the new home, they are brutally attacked by two intruders: a large, mentally impaired man known as the "Fat Man" and a woman known as the "Candy Truck Woman". Pauline manages to fight them off and seemingly kills the intruders to save her daughters.
The film's central "mind-bending" twist reveals that the adult life Beth is living—the fame, the husband, the escape—is actually a . Incident in a Ghostland
The story then jumps forward sixteen years. Beth has become a successful horror author, having turned the trauma of that night into a bestselling novel titled Incident in a Ghostland . She lives a perfect life in Chicago with a husband and son. However, her sister Vera is still living in the old house with Pauline, suffering from severe paranoia and unable to cope with the past. After a frantic call from Vera, Beth returns to the house to help her sister. On their first night in the new home,
: Beth and Vera are still trapped in the house and have been held captive for years by the original intruders. The story then jumps forward sixteen years
The story of Incident in a Ghostland is a dark psychological thriller that centers on Pauline and her two teenage daughters, Beth and Vera, who inherit a secluded, doll-filled house from their recently deceased aunt.