Metal music, wet paint, and family are the passions of Jesse, a struggling painter who lives a happy life with his wife, Astrid, and their preteen daughter, Zooey. And things look even brighter when Jesse and Astrid are able to put in a bid on their dream home - a huge property in rural Texas with a barn big enough for a proper art studio - after the price is driven down due to the home's mysterious past. After the trio moves in, Jesse's work starts taking on a new, considerably darker flavour - and things get even more ominous when Ray, the hulking, clearly unbalanced son of the deceased former owners, appears on the doorstep one night, clutching a red electric guitar and asking to "return home." It soon bees clear that Ray and Jesse are both being influenced by the same satanic forces, and that Jesse's family won't be safe until they find a way to quiet the Devil himself.</p>...
尼克·弗林（保罗·达诺 Paul Dano 饰）是个年轻作家，从小和单身母亲朱迪（朱丽安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰）相依为命的他早就忘记父亲的样子，直到一天接到电话，自称他父亲的乔纳森（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）被房东赶了出来，找他 借车搬家。天上掉下来个老爸，也是个落魄作家，还带着全部行李，让弗林在室友面前非常难堪。已经流落街头的乔纳森晚上到流浪汉收容所过夜，又恰逢弗林在此打工，几个不自然的晚上之后，乔纳森还是决定避嫌，从此只能到车站或无人工地混上一天是一天，还安慰自己是为下一部伟大小说积累素材。时不时听说父亲凄惨状况的弗林终于决定把他找回来，但此时他连父亲是否还活着都不知道……...
