Katie, a freelance video editor in desperate need of work, receives a high-paying offer to edit a mysterious and bizarre video from an anonymous employer. Cash-strapped and facing eviction, Katie eagerly accepts the gig. The video depicts people being tortured and even killed on camera—surely an elaborately staged fiction. But when that first job leads to even more lucrative work and more disturbingly realistic snuff films, Katie's life begins to fall apart. Strange figures haunt her apartment, terrible nightmares keep her awake, and a mysterious illness afflicts her cat. It's only when Katie decides to quit her job for good that she learns just how cruel her anonymous employer really is, and how much she'll go to to get out of her contract.