Following years of institutionalized psychiatric treatment after witnessing the brutal massacre of her husband and child, Karen Reed returns to her secluded childhood home where she discovers her parents may be involved in a devilish secret.

SYNOPSIS:

Traumatized from witnessing the brutal murders of her husband and new born baby, thirty-year old KAREN REED is about to released after eight years of institutionalized psychiatric treatment. Under strict rehabilitation terms set by her therapist, Karen returns to her secluded childhood home where she will live with her quirky parents, JILL and PETE REED.

Plagued by the guilt of surviving her ordeal, Karen pours out her heart to her appointed therapist DR. BLACK and her childhood sweetheart, BEN. As Karen slowly settles back into the routine of the real world, strange things begin to happen. She becomes suspicious of Jill and Pete's determination to keep her wrapped in cotton-wool; She recoils at the sight of a ghastly gardening shed; the local townsfolk treat her with contempt; she becomes convinced her parents are hiding something in the basement...

When Ben reveals to Karen the reason why her family have been ostracised from the community, she plans her escape only to find the house itself has other ideas. Fleeing from her parents, Karen finds refuge in the gardening shed where she unearths a collection of items that jog her memory. With Ben arriving at the house to help her, and inadvertently falling into a trap, it's up to Karen to return inside the house and confront her demons once and for all.

THE DEMON WITHIN