告别了往昔的喧嚣繁华，日渐寥落的矿工小镇冷石镇迎来了最为悲凉恐怖的时刻。在相当长的一段时期，镇上的小孩接连失踪，人们相信是一个神形高大宛如恶魔般的男人带走孩子。儿童失踪案震惊全国，也让冷石镇的居民们提心吊胆，惶惶不可终日。早年丧夫的小镇护士茱莉娅·丹宁（杰西卡·贝尔 Jessica Biel 饰）似乎不太相信高个男人的传说，对她来说，与儿子戴维（雅可布•戴维斯 Jakob Davies 饰）相处便是幸福的全部。在某个刚刚被暴雨洗礼的夜晚，酒后微醉的茱莉娅突然发现家中有人侵入，儿子戴维更是不知去向。她惶恐地追了出去，见到一辆车正准备逃跑，茱莉娅不顾一切奔跑上前。 　　难道传说中的高个男人真实存在？而他抢掠孩子的目的又是什么？母爱让人化身天使，母爱让人化身恶魔……This film is about a legend that has been started by the town folk of Cold Rock. Since the children in the town have been going missing, people have said it's an entity known as 'The Tall Man' who has been taking them. Julia Denning (Jssica Biel) is the local nurse whose husband died years earlier. She is soon personally involved as her child is taken. She tries to track down where the child is taken, but finds that there's more to what's happening than she knew. The towns-folk start to turn on her and the truth comes out. But there's still more to the story - who is 'The Tall Man'? And what is the truth behind the disappearances?