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Logline

Douglas Wingate is a successful executive.When his young daughter falls mysteriously ill, desperate, Doug tracks his estranged father, Gerald. Down at his remote farm in Alaska. Gerald tells Doug he shouldn’t have come, not because he’s unwilling to help, but because he’s facing a mysterious problem of his own. Something malevolent and invisible invades the farm when it gets very cold.

Synopsis

Douglas Wingate is a successful Texas executive whose life is falling apart. Estranged from his wife, he’s devastated when his 6-year-old daughter Alexandra falls mysteriously ill. Doctors are stumped, but suspect that knowledge of her family’s medical history could be the key. Desperate, Douglas hires a private investigator to find his estranged father, Gerald Boswell—last seen decades ago. The search leads to a remote farm in Alaska.

Once in Anchorage, Alaskan State Trooper Alice Van Silverling drives Doug to Gerald’s farm, warning him that his father is an eccentric recluse suspected—though never charged—in his wife’s death. Gerald is hostile when Doug arrives. He insists a malevolent, invisible creature returns each winter to torment him, and it killed his wife. Doug doesn’t believe him—until temperatures drop and the attacks begin.

The house, fortified by Gerald, becomes a battleground. They fight off several invisible intruders, which grow in number and power. The creatures force their victims to face terrifying personal fears upon contact. Doug and Gerald barely hold them off before Gerald mistakenly kills his friend, Mike Azizi, thinking he was one of the entities.

Alice returns, shaken after a similar encounter on the road. As they regroup, they discover Azizi’s body has moved—something is now inside the house. The trio flees, battling more assaults before Gerald stays behind with grenades to buy time. Doug protests—he needs Gerald to help save Alexandra. They escape together.

Days later, with Gerald stabilized, they board a flight to Texas. Alice wishes them luck. As the airplane door struggles to shut, no one notices the brief resistance—as if something unseen slipped aboard…
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Ian Roumain — Writer/Director
Ian Roumain is from Puerto Rico. After NYU, he moved to L.A. to represent actors.Since then, he’s directed documentaries like That Guy… Who Was in That Thing and That Gal… Who Was in That Thing , both for Showtime. He’s also produced various documentary series, including The Movies The Made Us (Netflix), The Center Seat:55 Years Of Star Trek (History Channel), Icons Unearthed (Vice), Behind the Attraction (Disney+), Billy Corgan’s Adventures In Carny land (CW), and the upcoming season of The Toys That Made Us. Ian lives with his wife, Stephanie, sons Hadrian and Titus, and three wonderful mutts.

Sevier Crespo – Producer
Sevier Crespo, member of Producers Guild of America. Producer, Line Producer. Rican-born producer Sevier Crespo’s latest films slated for release in 2024
include the highly anticipated Werewolves, featuring Frank Grillo, and Billy Knight, starring Al Pacino, Charlie Heaton, and Diana Silvers. Sevier has 13 feature films, 3 TV shows, and hundreds of Global AD campaigns as a Producer/Line Producer/UPM. In television, Crespo’s credits include projects such as an NBC pilot starring Mandy Moore, James Roday, and Dulé Hill, as well as the Netflix series Mack & Moxy, which received two awards for children’s programming.

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