In an isolated cabin, deep in the woods, a weekend trip turns serious when Rachel Wilson informs her boyfriend, Danny, that she is pregnant. An ugly stream of tears, harsh words and rash decisions follow until an alcohol-fueled Danny storms off into the dark woods to let off some steam. Rachel attempts to wash her bad mood away with a hot shower, but when she emerges from the bathroom she is still an unwed grad student with a child growing inside her.
Rachel escapes into the refuge of sleep, but her problems invade her sanctuary in the form of horrifying nightmares and she awakens with a start. Like a scared child calling for her dad, Rachel searches the cabin for her boyfriend. But she is alone. Danny has not yet returned.
Venturing outside in nothing but a nightgown, Rachel calls out for Danny. But only the woods answer. This leaves Rachel teetering on the edge of the treeline -- scared to venture out into the unknown territory of the dark woods, yet scared to be alone in the empty cabin.
A sudden noise from the nearby shed startles her and despite her fright, Rachel investigates. Stepping into the dark enclosure, she hopes to find a stumbling and intoxicated Danny. Instead, she discovers a burlap sack resting in the corner -- a burlap sack that violently bucks, shrieks and splits open to reveal a bound and gagged kidnap victim. Before Rachel can even grasp the situation, her face is smothered with a rag of chloroform and blackness takes hold.
As Rachel awakens, she finds that her earlier nightmares are now invading her reality: Both she and the kidnap victim are bound and gagged in the shed with a ruthless killer. As Rachel bares witness to the brutal violence and a level of psychosis her college psychology classes could never prepare her for, she realizes that escaping has now become a matter of life or death. So in a in a skin shedding struggle with the razor wire crudely wrapped around her ankles and wrists, Rachel frees herself and flees into the woods for help.
A year later, Rachel and Danny, engaged and with a six month old girl, attempt to piece their life back together. But Rachel, haunted by her experience in the shed, battles through therapy, wrestling with the knowledge that her tormentor is still at large. In a final climactic sequence, the kidnapper discovers Rachel’s whereabouts and comes back to finish what he started. Now Rachel and her baby will face his wrath once again. And in a heroic fight for her life, Rachel will finally stand up for her family and face off against the force that initially threatened their very existence.
