在一场欢快热闹的万圣节游行派对之中,麦克(尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰)的儿子离奇失踪,在之后的日子里,无数的异象在麦克身边接连发生,似乎在提示着他,他的儿子并没有离去,而是在以另一种方式向父亲传达着些什么。 为了查明事件的真相,找回心爱的儿子,麦克找到 了已经分居的妻子克里斯汀(莎拉·韦恩·卡丽丝 Sarah Wayne Callies 饰),两人联手展开了调查。随着时间的推移,夫妻两人渐渐接近了一个令人毛骨悚然的秘密中心,在每一个万圣节派对上,都潜伏着一个邪恶的幽灵,它们存在的目的只有一个,那就是绑架儿童。与此同时,麦克必须在极短的时间内解救被绑架的儿子,否则,他的儿子就将永远迷失在黑暗之中。One year after Mike Lawford's young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, he is haunted by ghostly images and terrifying messages he can't explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son-and, in doing so, he unearths the legend of the crying woman who refuses to remain buried in the past.