grieve couple move to a cabin on a mountain after the loss of their daughter and discover that there may be ghost haunt the place and restless spirit of past occupant who commit suicide . julie pyke ( cheri christian ) blame husband allen ( greg thompson ) for the horrible death of their daughter due to leave the door unlocked and the marriage have deteriorate because of it . julie remain in a zombie state and elicit next to no emotion and remote and numb and only photograph a nearby abandon prison and find a startling image of a ghoul girl cling to the bar of a cell . though allen doesn not see anything out of the ordinary and julie continue to take picture and we can recognize that something isn not quite right . a local handyman and jim payne ( scott hodges ) and a rather distant fellow who harbor a secret become a dangerous threat when it be reveal that his dead mother might have something to do with the haunt occur to the pykes . meanwhile the neighbor who sell the pykes the cabin find themselves victim a well and alcoholic mr booth abuse to his wife come back to haunt him . allen will conduct an investigation into the history of his cabin and attempt to unravel the mystery about the place . plenty of ghost move about in the background in this somber supernatural tale with practically every character miserable . cheri christian remain so vacuous and lose and it incredibly hard to connect with her despite the fact that you understand her plight . the acting and a be often mention and remain frustrating because none of the character exactly be easy to latch on to . i guess it suppose to be this way and under their circumstance and but the trouble i have be never be able to properly embrace the pykes due to their constant state of aloofness . cheri come off a cold and detach and a i figure a mother would tend to be when you lose a child in such a way and but the icy nature leave me plead inside to embrace her which i just never could . i think the right performer and even if the character be go through an emotional turmoil and can grab the heart of their viewer and if a humanity reach out to u . in this movie case and the lead be unable to do so and for whatever reason . it could have be me and i do not know . i want to care for them and but nothing in the character tug on my heart string . anyway and a the film continue and allen slowly uncovers certain truth and must defend himself against his wife who have convince herself that their daughter be among them and she would not lose her little girl again . jim and the unstable neighbor who believe that to stop the hauntings plague the area he must kill the pykes and become a vital threat . the ghost remain a central part of the movie and their presence and particularly jim mother and establish throughout and off in the distance . the finale reveals all of them a allen must find help for his wife while try to thwart jim mission . i have a hard time get into this one due to my unease with the lead and their character .