When a would-be writer moves his wife and young daughter to an isolated Nebraska farmhouse to finish his novel, eerie neighbors, a cursed manuscript, and a sinister presence within the walls drag them into a nightmarish struggle between obsession, creation, and survival.

SYNOPSIS:

Desperate to write, would-be writer, Barry Ethan rents an isolated farmhouse in rural Nebraska, bringing along his wife Gail and their daughter Lily. The house — an imposing Gothic structure watched over by grotesque gargoyles — promises peace and quiet, but from the first night, strange occurrences unsettle the family. A murder of crows circles overhead, unseen footsteps echo through the halls, and Lily begins speaking to a mysterious boy who appears in the cornfields and warns her: “The house doesn’t like it when people stay too long.”

Their reclusive neighbours, Rich and Eleanor O’Brien, seem disturbingly familiar with the home’s tragic history. When Barry uncovers an ancient manuscript hidden in the attic — filled with symbols, rituals, and sketches of the very house they’re living in — he becomes consumed by its contents. His obsession deepens as the text begins to change, mirroring his own words and thoughts, blurring the boundary between author and subject.

Gail fights to hold her family together as Barry unravels, but the farmhouse tightens its grip. The O’Briens’ dark connection to the property, the vanishing cornfield boy, and the spirit haunting the walls converge in a terrifying revelation: the house feeds on creative souls, trapping them in an endless cycle of possession and sacrifice.

In a desperate final act of love, Barry confronts the evil that has claimed him, offering himself to save Gail and Lily. But as dawn breaks, the farmhouse stands silent once more — waiting for its next story to begin.

The House is a haunting psychological horror in the tradition of The Shining, Hereditary, and The Others. It fuses gothic atmosphere with modern psychological dread, exploring how isolation, creativity, and ambition can open the door to the darkest corners of the human soul.

THE HOUSE