The_ R%ichardson family celebrates their) 28-year-old da/ughter's pregna/`ncy in Northe rn ` Californ*ia. Th`e celeb=*[r:ation ]?is interrup\?te\ d when a Sa.tanic cult ^ member, A=]`ksel Brand-r, pays t ?hem an u
nexp_=#ected vis*i`t. #Akse)l/, on behalf of the cult*@/'s leade^r He ?#nrik Bran_dr, of[fers? to pay-@ t[@he:`*(, family [a \-[$large sum for+ %,o =wnership of` %,their )[land.$ Jacob Richa(rdso%! n, the]!  father, reject)s the offer due to t\!h*e priceless [senti^`/m=\:en.tal* va_=@l([ue
/ +of th.;*;eir home.*#  @Henri*/,k) and his= cult;, displease+/d, begi\/n to put *devas

ta=ting %curse,_#s on the Ri_#c//hardsons, try*?ing to force )` the`m ^o@ff t*heir land - even _i 
#f it means murdering them./ After sufferin _g un-)@*e% xplainable tragedie_[s, the = Richardsons seek.. help fro#@] m Marybeth, a whi@te ! witch,] high pri\estes]_(!s. They s^oon discover a terrible secret about th;e\#ir home, revea+-ling( /w?\hy it is!# so_` va]!luable to the = cult. They @ :realize the#\y must p+:]rotect thei=[r
_ prope,rty f!:\:ro;m the cult) at a+, %ll costs, and (a violent b
##a#tt_# )le bet`!/ween good and %@@,evi!=l ensues.