Laura needs money fast, and the only way she can think of is to make a movie about her late mother – a famous horror novelist – and her mysterious death. Laura’s mother’s works have spawned dozens of franchises and cult horror movie classics. A yearly film festival offers a large cash prize that would be enough to clear her brother’s name. With the help of her roommate, Jenny, a college washout, and Cam, their underage boss from the Coffee Hut, these ordinary people set out on an extraordinary journey – a journey that will show them much more than the sinister truth of Laura’s mother’s last days.