Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Faust and The last laugh, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tested the waters with this moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that lurks within.

A diverse set of characters find themselves together in an old diner in a small town on Christmas Eve during a snowstorm. While a young, expecting couple tries to make it home on a night that is anything but silent.

Curtis LaForche lives in a small town in Ohio with his wife, Samantha, and six-year-old daughter, Hannah, who is deaf. When Curtis begins to have terrifying dreams, he keeps the visions to himself, channeling his anxiety into obsessively building a storm shelter in his backyard. His inexplicable behavior concerns those closest to him, but the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within his community can't compare with Curtis's privately held...

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...