after getting caught in a sudden thunderstorm on their way back from a weekend trip, Harper, Tessa, Ivy, Callie, Luca, Rowan, Milo, Dean, and Eliana (“Ellie”) stumble across a massive, crumbling haunted mansion hidden in the woods off the road. the gates are rusted, the windows boarded, but a faint light glows inside like it’s waiting for them.