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Year: 2023
Runtime: 110 min
Language: English
Director: Thomas Marchese
A grief-stricken mother, haunted by the unsolved disappearance of her young son five years prior, is tantalized with an unsettling opportunity to uncover the truth. But as she delves deeper into the mystery, will she sacrifice everything - including her own sanity - for a chance to reunite with her child?
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Seven years after the tragic kidnapping and murder of her five-year-old son, Noah, while she and her then-husband Wyatt were battling heroin addiction, Cora Loewen finds herself in a dark and twisted scenario. She is discovered by the police, covered in blood at her home, and begins to recount her harrowing story to investigating officer Alison Bray, who also happens to be her older sister.
Through a series of haunting flashbacks, Cora reveals her struggle with addiction and the subsequent loss of her child. She encounters Able, a leader of a support group for grieving parents, who claims to have resurrected his daughter through an occult ritual. Initially skeptical, Cora is drawn into Able’s tale as he convinces her of the possibility of bringing Noah back to life, claiming that he now lives under a different identity in another city.
As Cora becomes intertwined in this elaborate ritual involving mantras and salt circles, she experiences chilling visions of Noah’s kidnapping and death from a supernatural being known as The Seeker. This entity ultimately possesses Able, leading to tensions within the ritual. When Cora inadvertently disobeys a crucial instruction, Able’s frustration boils over, revealing his ulterior motives. He insists that she must carry The Seeker to another soul, but Cora comes to believe she is merely the next victim in a cycle of manipulation.
In a moment of desperation, Cora’s reality shifts, and she faces a dire threat from The Seeker. To quell its fury, she summons her abusive ex, Wyatt. Although The Seeker dismisses him as a worthy sacrifice due to his addiction, it does not spare his life and kills him in a brutal act. Traumatized, Cora calls 911, only for the police to find her drenched in blood.
Following a tense interview with her sister, Cora pleads for them to return to the house to finish the ritual for Noah. However, her cries fall on deaf ears, and Alison resorts to locking her up after Wyatt’s apparent murder. Unbeknownst to them, as Alison investigates the house alone, she is confronted by the shocking sight of a resurrected Noah, thus unfolding a terrifying revelation.
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