The narrator is a student conducting an antiquarian tour of New England. He travels through the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth which is suggested as a cheaper and potentially interesting next leg of his journey. There he interacts with strange people and observes disturbing events that ultimately lead to horrifying and personal revelations. Based on one of H.P. Lovecraft most popular and enduring tales.

Dementia and deceit haunt a widow as her estranged son and the new caretaker share her home in this southern gothic thriller.