A young woman enlists in an underground game of pain endurance in the hope of winning the million dollar prize. She soon learns the real opponent is the man who's running the game, as he employs horrific methods to manipulate and defeat her.

A hardened criminal fresh out of the joint takes a job as a handyman in a dilapidated house; but the twisted horrors he finds inside are enough to send anyone running. So why does he stay? And why are so many people drawn to Penance Lane?

January is forced to return home after six years traveling abroad. A near-fatal accident has left her temporarily wheelchair bound and depleted of her long-term memory. She is accompanied by her boyfriend 'Callum' whom she met whilst traveling. He was also the driver in the fateful accident. Not only has she forgotten her family, but her childhood as well and is surprised to discover that her home is a stately manor in the middle of the country-side. As January tries to settle in, she finds herself becoming even more estranged from her family, who just want their daughter back. The trouble is, she cannot remember who that daughter was, or why she ran away in the first place. Desperate to discover why she left all those years ago and with Callum's help, she sets out to find the truth. They soon discover the family are not as loving as they seem to be. Was there a dark reason why she left them in the first place

爱女艾丽丝被疯狗咬死，兽医帕特里克·戴利（Aidan Gillen 饰）和妻子露易丝（Eva Birthistle 饰）和妻子搬到地处偏远的醒木镇居住，渴望找到继续人生之路的勇气。他们的生活看似平淡无奇，但是痛失爱女的悲伤与绝望从未远去，时时搅扰着戴利夫妇的神经。醒目镇平静安详，但在这份表象之下似乎又隐藏着不为人知的秘密。偶然机会，露易丝得知这个秘密，通过神秘的仪式可以让死去未满一年的人短暂复活3天，条件是请求者将永远与醒目镇联系在一起。为了见到朝思暮想的女儿，戴利夫妇答应了这个条件。　　仪式过后，艾丽丝重返人间，但是意想不到的情况接连发生。斯人已逝，强求不得……