卡拉（芭芭拉·赫希 Barbara Hershey 饰）的丈夫在一场意外中不幸去世，卡拉不得不独自抚养他们的两个孩子，日子过得十分辛苦。某天夜里，卡拉遇见了科学无法解释的怪事，她被一股强大而又神秘的力量强暴了。由于事态过于诡异，卡拉将此归结于自己在做梦，但这股力量并没有就此消失，而是一而再再而三的骚扰着卡拉。 　　恐惧之中，卡拉向心理医生库利（Jacqueline Brookes 饰）求助，但库利认为这只是卡拉压力太大而产生的幻觉。科学无法帮助卡拉，于是卡拉转而找到了一名玄学家，玄学家在卡拉的卧室里放置了特殊的摄影器材，并且最终拍摄下了惊悚恐怖的一幕。证据证明了卡拉并没有疯，但这也意味着，他们必须要和那个邪恶的力量正面对抗。Carla Moran awakens one night to find herself being beaten and raped by an unseen presence. Terrified of what's happening to her, and shunned by friends and family who think she's lost her mind, she seeks help from parapsychologists. The researchers soon discover that evil spiritual force has been drawn to Carla and is responsible for the violent attacks. The question now, however, is how do they stop it? Based on a supposedly true story.