House Hunting

Two families converge on a foreclosed 70-acre house, drawn by the promise of reuniting fractured relations. The silent, abandoned manor feels both inviting and ominous as they step inside. The house itself seems almost patient, hinting at a history better left forgotten.

On the way back from gathering the realtor’s contact, they nearly strike a distraught girl named Hanna. They decide to take her to the hospital, but their path is pulled back toward the house. The house’s pull introduces a sense of inevitability that will bind the groups.

With hunger and hesitation mounting, the groups decide to stay inside the house. The building introduces its odd provisioning ritual: seven cans for seven people, binding them to the space. As days stretch into weeks, the routine becomes a grim heartbeat of their imprisonment.

Leslie’s buoyant mood clashes with growing despair as tragedy settles in. The death of her daughter Lizzy casts a pall over the house, intensifying the sense that something malevolent is at work. The family dynamics tighten under the weight of loss and fear.

Just before Leslie dies, the house alters its rules, reducing the number of provisions from seven to six. The shift feels like a chilling acknowledgment of the growing danger inside. The dwindling supplies foreshadow an even harsher turn for the survivors.

Emmy begins to glimpse connections behind the misfortune, seeing the man who killed his own son and catching glimpses of a mother’s vengeful memory. The visions hint that the house has a long memory and that tragedy repeats. She starts to realize the problem is a pattern the home imposes.

Emmy's investigation dovetails with Hanna's presence as they navigate the house's puzzles and warnings. The two form a cautious alliance, moving through rooms in whispered partnership. The house tests them with eerie clues that echo past traumas.

Jason reveals a haunted truth: he once killed a woman in a hit-and-run near the house. The confession ties his guilt to the mother’s presence that haunts the home. The revelation deepens the sense that the house feeds on memory and violence.

Don becomes detached, and Leslie struggles to keep a grip on reality as the house’s grip tightens. Susan’s suspicions about Charlie escalate, foreshadowing violence. The tension builds toward a breaking point as the home manipulates the survivors.

Fearing Charlie’s danger, Susan launches the first violent act, killing Don. The act plunges the group deeper into the house’s grim cycle. The others begin to realize that safety may be an illusion within these walls.

Charlie spirals as paranoia dominates him; he attacks Susan and crushes her head with a soup can. The violence intensifies the house’s deadly loop. Emmy, Jason, and Hanna try to stay ahead of the trap as the fate of the survivors tightens.

Charlie pursues Emmy and Hanna through the house, and Hanna is killed in the pursuit. Emmy grabs Don’s gun and shoots Charlie, who collapses and dies. The survivors rush toward the road, hoping to escape the cursed dwelling.

On the road, a pursuing family intercepts Emmy before she can fully escape. They drag her toward their car while a cruel echo of the house’s past cuts her tongue again. The ending seals the house’s endless loop of tragedy, leaving a chilling sense that the horror will endure.