Out of a job and feeling worthless, Sam Travis is awakened one night to the sounds of a Civil War battle raging outside his Gettysburg home. But it’s the middle of the night, and the summer’s reenactments are long over. A search for the source brings him to an old journal by a Union soldier…written in his own handwriting. When more of the mysterious writings appear and begin to mimic Sam’s own life, his search for the truth puts him on a downward spiral that eventually drives him from his wife, his daughter, and his home—and into an evil plot that could cost many lives, including his own.
After losing his wife and son, Jimmy, Rob Shields heads to Mayfield, Maryland, to live in a house he inherited. Eerie things begin to happen, including a dream where he sees Jimmy in a place called Darlington. Is his son alive? Can he possibly find him—in a town that doesn’t appear on any map?
While talking to Jeff on the phone, Mark Stone hears otherworldly screams. Seconds later, Jeff dies in an accident. Mark experiences the screams several more times and each time an untimely death follows. Mark searches to find the meaning behind the screams and hopefully stop death from calling on its next victim. Meanwhile, a maniac is on the loose, and when Mark’s estranged wife Cheryl is abducted, Mark hears the eerie screams signifying her appointment with death. Thus begins a frantic search to find her before it’s too late.