因职业和生活等种种原因,女医生弗兰西斯卡(安娜·托伦特 Ana Torrent 饰)遭受着巨大的精神困扰,这一情况在她生下一名男婴后变得尤为明显。弗兰西斯卡的情况令丈夫佩德罗(Francisco Boira 饰)颇为担忧,于是拜托同为心理医师的好友简(Rocío Muñoz 饰)为妻子看病。在简的建议下,他们搬离了旧有的生活环境,买下了一幢原隶属于天主教的教会学校的大房子。新的环境并未缓解弗兰西斯卡心中的恐慌,反而令她的病状愈演愈烈。她仿佛能够看到穿的脏兮兮的女孩子们逡巡在房子四周,各种离奇的声音和现象也让她惶惶不可终日。 由于得不到丈夫的信任,弗兰西斯卡只能求助米盖尔神父(Héctor Colomé 饰)解开关于这座房子的一切秘密……Francesca is a pediatrician who is dedicated to both motherhood and children, married to another physician, Pedro. Following the birth of a new child, Francesca begins to suffer from postpartum depression. Following the advice of friend and psychiatrist Jean, the couple move to a new home away from the city. But Francesca's obsession with her new baby engulfs her. Regardless of Pedro's and Jean's attempts to help her, she seems to drift dangerously close to madness. And to make matters worse, she is starting to hear and see things. Furtive figures and ghostly shadows start tormenting her. The large house in which she and her family live alone seems to hide terrible secrets. Both the cellar and the attic are locked and barred to the family, and it is from both these places that Francesca receives nocturnal visits that are slowly driving her mad.