CharlesDexterWard'swifeenliststhehelpofaprivatedetectivetofindoutwhatherhusbandisuptoinaremotecabinownedbyhisfamilyforcenturies.Thehusbandisachemicalengineer|andthesmellsfromhisexperiments(andthedeliveryofwhatappeartobehumanremainsatallhours)arebeginningtoarousetheattentionofneighborsandlocallawenforcementofficials.Whenthedetectiveandwifefindadiaryofthehusband'sancestorfrom1771|andreportsofgruesomemurdersintheareabegintosurface|theybegintosuspectthatsomeveryunnaturalexperimentsarebeingconductedintheoldhouse.BasedonanH.P.Lovecraft