Ramona (Danielle Deadwyler) hasn’t been herself lately. Ever since the car accident, which slayed her husband and shattered her leg, she’s barely spoken to her two children, Taylor (Peyton Jackson) and Annie (Estella Kahiha), instead wallowing in her grief and endlessly rewatching the last video she took of her and her husband. But she’s finally forced out of bed when Taylor curtly informs her that the power in their fixer-upper farmhouse — which had been her husband’s dream project — has gone out. Unable to charge her phone, Ramona and her kids are left to helplessly wait until the power comes back on. But as they while away the day, eating leftovers and ice cream from their fast-warming fridge, Taylor spots a strange, veiled woman sitting in their yard.
When Ramona ventures out to speak to the woman (Okwui Okpokwasili), she gets only cryptic answers in a strained, raspy voice, which informs her: “Today’s the day.” Disturbed, Ramona hurries back inside and orders her children to stay indoors. But as the day grows longer and the shadows loom larger, even staying inside does not keep them safe from the woman in the yard.
