The Deveraux mansion stands in decaying isolation on an island off the South Carolina coast. Here, Marguerite Deveraux, 50 and childless, has abandoned her own dreams to care for her mother, the cruel, demanding Helena. At Helena's summons, Marguerite's younger brother Kevin returns with his family to the estate for the first time in 20 years. Soon after Kevin's arrival, Helena dies in a locked room, and now the sinister secrets of the Deveraux family begin to surface ...
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