Noah原本有着一个美好的家庭，一个相爱的妻子，他们规划着属于两个人的未来。然而不安于现状的Noah却因失误造成了妻子的离世，这让他伤心愧疚不已，无法挽回的爱情，无法弥补的伤害让他决意离开现在的生活。他在一个叫做“迷雾湖泊”的地方租了一间小屋，决定开始与世隔绝的生活，初次来到这里，他感到十分宁静，这里没有城市的嘈杂，没有旁人的干扰，他独自思考着自己的人生。然而，不可思议的恐怖事件毫无预告的发生了，危险也随之降临……

　　约翰刚刚升职做了人寿保险公司的经理，有感情很好的未婚妻玛莎，还有要好的朋友杰罗。约翰准备向玛莎求婚，一切都看上去都很美好，然而一场盗窃案毁了这一切。一天早晨，约翰上班发现父亲留下的车被盗了，隔天下班约翰回家看到家里一片狼藉，家里失窃了，父亲的骨灰被撒的满地都是。从此他开始失眠...

　　California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients, yet everything seems deserted. What's more, his wife won't answer his calls. It's as if everyone were avoiding him. When his car breaks down, Sam becomes a prisoner of the empty,...