Synopsis: Peter and Julie, a young successful couple, purchase a large, run-down house which they plan to renovate. As they begin their restoration, they discover that beneath the layers of wallpaper and paint, their living room walls are mysteriously covered with iron plates. When they remove the iron plates, a strange sepia stain appears. As the stain grows it begins to resemble the shadow of a man climbing from the darkness beneath the house. Each time they paint over it, it returns.
Sinister events in the house a century before have left an evil legacy that threatens Peter's sanity and the couple's marriage. Finally their very lives are endangered by the historic horrors of their dream home.