A summer resort comes chillingly to life in the off-season when the Torrances arrive to take over as winter caretakers. Young Danny has the gift of precognition, "The Shine", and the horrible things he sees are only the beginning of the family's nightmare.

At ten years of age, Gage Turner and his friends unleash an ancient, powerful force when they spill blood over a pagan stone. Years later, Gabe returns to his hometown to help his childhood friends and the women bound to them by fate halt the demonic forces that have ravaged the town every seven years.