Stacy Walker flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in the woods to escape from her abusive boyfriend. Once in the solitude of the mountain forest, she feels free to explore her thoughts on her unfortunate situation. Soon she realizes that she is not alone in the forest. That first night she is haunted by a ghost of a little girl searching for her mother. Stacy learns that she is in a forest where lost hikers and wandering strangers disappear under the child like laughter of the ghost. Detective Black retires, so he can devote his attention to a cold murder case he has been obsessed with for 17 years. The cold trail suddenly turns warm when the case leads to the same forest region where the girl's ghost resides. As Black gets closer to the truth, Stacy is on the brink of insanity as she hears the ghost echoing in her mind and soon finds herself in the midst of a murder spree.