CharlesDexterWard'swifeenliststhehelpofaprivatedetectivetofindoutwhatherhusbandisuptoinaremotecabinownedbyhisfamilyforcenturies.The
husbandisachemicalengineer|andthesmellsfromhisexperiments(andthedeliveryofwhatappeartobehumanremainsatallhours)arebeginningtoarousethe
attentionofneighborsandlocallawenforcementofficials.Whenthedetectiveandwifefindadiaryofthehusband'sancestorfrom1771|andreportsofgruesome
murdersintheareabegintosurface|theybegintosuspectthatsomeveryunnaturalexperimentsarebeingconductedintheoldhouse.BasedonanH.P.Lovecraft
