Joe Kasko, a dejected L.A. musician, is just about to make a life change and move to Flin Flon, Canada to do social work with the Eskimos; however, a strange adventure on his last day leads him to reevaluate his life and his goals.

The Whitmore family's cozy home life is disrupted one dark evening by a group of bizarre characters seemingly acting under the spell of their leader. This brutal gang takes possession of their home and forces each family member to take part in eerie rituals designed to feed the leader's apparent death wish.