Shortly after a chemical weapon explosion in the Nevada desert, two scientists find themselves confronting a sinister cover up, and a band of hostile survivors who are looking to escape the quarantined area known as Territory 8.
故事发生在1921年的英格兰,在一战中所经历的失败令压抑而又沉痛的气氛笼罩了在全国上下。弗洛伦斯(丽贝卡·豪尔 Rebecca Hall 饰)是一位打假义士,正义感极强的她将戳穿谎言揭露真相视为己任,她不相信世间有鬼魂存在,存在的只有险恶的人心。在一所男子寄宿学校中,盛传着闹鬼的传闻,在人们口中,一个非正常死亡的男孩的鬼魂终日徘徊在校园…