The idyllic lodge at Elm Lake has a brutal past. A few years ago, a man convinced that he was possessed by Lucifer murdered his wife and child in a satanic sacrifice. When the horrific news died down, the house found a new buyer in Eric, Hayley and their daughter Penny, who move in, thinking they got a good deal... but what they don't know is that the House on Elm Lake has for centuries been home to the servants of Lucifer, and that the house holds a frightening evil waiting to be unleashed - an evil that wants the new occupants to give its house back.