In the summer of 1954, bailiffs Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule arrive at the hospital for the criminally insane “Ashcliff” to investigate the mysterious disappearance of one of the patients—Rachel Solando, an infanticide.
The investigation is interrupted by a hurricane that cuts the island off from the outside world. Step by step, Teddy begins to understand that in “Ashcliff” everything is not as it seems at first glance…