Obsessed with an old photograph of a dark castle, real-life high profile illustrator Matt Busch, brings the castle to life with a vibrant painting. While sketching sinister images of the tortured souls he imagines inhabit the gothic dwelling, his girlfriend Sarah is confronted with ghostly encounters throughout their home. Eventually the art becomes so real that Matt and Sarah find themselves manifested to the actual castle, where they must find a way home and confront the demonic spirits conjured from Matt's twisted nightmares.