When a screenwriter stays at a cabin by the lake, he becomes obsessed with a missing girl and discovers a sinister secret involving a serial killer.
A writer named Stanley returns to his secluded cabin by the lake to write a sequel to his successful horror screenplay. However, as he begins to work on the script, murders start happening around him, mirroring the killings in his screenplay. Stanley becomes the prime suspect, and he must uncover the true identity of the killer before he becomes the next victim.