Master of horror John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN, THE THING) is back with his "scariest movie to date!" Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow, THE SEVENTH SIGN) is the best-selling author whose newest novel is literally driving readers insane. When he inexplicably vanishes, his publisher (Academy AwardŽ-winner Charlton Heston) sends special investigator (Sam Neill, JURASSIC PARK, DEAD CALM) to track him down. Drawn to a town that only exists in Cane's books, Trent crosses the barrier between fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world from which there is no escape. Inspired by the tales of H.P. Lovecraft, this shocking story is, in the worlds of its acclaimed director, "horror beyond description!"