Michael Cale devoted many years to science, but could not achieve world recognition - the man is an ordinary professor at a small university. It is for this reason, when the protagonist of the film Deep in Darkness receives a tempting career offer, he does not doubt for a second. For this, a man needs to go to a small provincial town, where he will have the opportunity to start his own business. He agrees to the move and takes his beloved wife and daughter with him to Ashborough. And their first impressions of the new house and neighbors are simply wonderful - the people around are friendly, and the beauty of local landscapes can hardly be overestimated. They understand that just such a life, in a quiet and comfortable place, they lacked recently. But soon everything will change, and the heroes will understand that real animals are hiding behind the masks of benevolent Christians ...