Solstice

Megan, still grieving her sister Sophie, reluctantly agrees to join her friends on a summer trip to a lake house in the Louisiana bayous. On the road, they stop at a gas station where Nick offers local lore about voodoo and superstition. His information plants the first seed of unease about what lies ahead.

When they arrive, Megan feels Sophie trying to reach her as the solstice approaches. She runs and trips, injuring a nail she believes she had foreseen in nightmares. Inside, she meets Leonard, a suspicious local, and discovers a hat identical to one Sophie once owned.

That night, Nick joins them for dinner and Megan explains Sophie’s key chain that keeps returning, suggesting she’s haunted. During a late swim, Megan is dragged underwater when a spirit is invoked with wine. Following Nick's advice, she wraps the key chain in a white cloth and buries it outside to try to expel the haunting.

After the burial, Megan baths and finds mud spewing from the taps, a disturbing sign of the haunting. She discovers the key chain lying on the bathroom floor, an eerie sign that the haunting continues. The unsettling moment confirms to Megan that the spirits aren’t ready to let go.

The next day, Megan visits Leonard's house and finds a young girl's bedroom, with newspaper cuttings about Malin's disappearance from a year earlier. The clues make her realize she is haunted by Malin, not Sophie. The discovery shifts the focus from a ghostly visitation to a hidden real-world tragedy.

Megan leads Nick to the place where she tripped during her run, and the group follows. Inside, Christian arrives with a gun, creating a tense standoff as Nick and Megan get separated. Christian nearly shoots Nick, escalating danger and blurring lines between superstition and violence.

Megan digs up Malin's body and discovers a key on Malin's bicycle buried with her. The discovery confirms hidden secrets in the town and prompts them to call the police. The evidence shifts the drama from haunting to a real case of harm and guilt.

Christian finally confesses that the year before, he and Sophie were driving and hit Malin. Terrified of arrest, they buried her, and Sophie later committed suicide from guilt. The confession reframes the haunting as a consequence of guilt and cover-up, not just a supernatural visitation.

Malin's ghost materializes, making the truth undeniable for Megan. Christian bolts, running toward the road as Megan and others confront the aftermath of the confession. The apparitions and fear push the tension toward a climactic break with reality.

Megan and Christian chase through the forest, but a police car arrives just as the situation escalates, striking Christian. The moment marks a tragic intersection of crime, guilt, and justice that ends the immediate danger. The past violence cannot be undone, but a sense of accountability emerges.

In the closing scenes, Megan stands at Malin's grave, seeking some form of closure for the girl she never knew. The encounter with Malin's memory brings a quiet, somber peace to Megan. The moment marks a shift from fear to acknowledgement of the past.

When Leonard returns home, he finds Malin's key chain on the porch, left there by Megan as a sign she has faced the truth. The small object becomes a tangible reminder of the town's buried secrets. It ties the supernatural-mystery to real-world consequence and resolution.

Megan and Nick decide to leave the bayou and start a life together in the city. Their relationship has grown amid danger and supernatural signs, but this choice signals a hopeful future beyond the haunting. The final image suggests healing and a fresh start despite the trauma.