In the immediate wake of his parent’s mysterious death, young rock climber Max St. Clair (Jesse Michael Roméro) finds himself living with his eccentrically wealthy relatives; David, Violet, and Mr. and Mrs. Montis, the Montis family. 

Unsettled by his relative’s unusual demeanor and desperate to escape the stains of his past, Max seeks solace setting out on a lifelong dream; An ambitious ascent of Tyrol in the isolation of the Italian Dolomites. Accompanying his longtime friend Max, Alexi O’Connor a former soldier of the Irish Army, arranges a meeting with an eerie  local mountain guide, leaving with more questions than answers, the two set out into the mountains. 

Captured by the stunning landscape, Max feels finally free of his crippling past. But when a freak accident leaves Alexi gravely injured, he quickly finds himself engulfed in the shadows of the cliffs that surround him. As the once peacefully scenic escape descends into madness, a desperate search for help sends Max down the cliffside alone. 

Back at the Montis house, David’s intuition spikes with uncertainty as the Montis’ arcane rules begin to become clear. In a family driven by power and greed, David navigates his unraveling curiosity alone and in ignorance to the unspeakable horrors lying beneath the surface. 

In the mountains, the search for help quickly becomes a nightmare when while stumbling upon a ritualistic world, woven deep into the fabric of his bloodline. A society, lurking in the mountains - telling whispers of ‘flaire’, an elusive  life force that runs through all living beings. 

As Max’s past comes to light, intersections with the present blur the lines between memory and reality. The unbearing weight of prophecy and fate pieces together a horrifying truth. With Alexi quickly running out of time, Max is forced upon an impossible choice, fight to break free of the chains of his bloodline, or accept his place amongst a lineage of evil. 

With Max’s fate hanging in the balance, David’s suspicions reach a breaking point as he pushes further into the depths of the Montis estate, descending underground. What he finds is beyond corruption, beyond consumption— strung between consciousness and something deeper, a secret larger than life itself. And as the weight of a family's legacy bears down, a horrible truth pulses to light: fate is not chosen, but inherited. And in a world where the calculus of power thrives in the shadows, those at the top will stop at nothing to keep the truth from reaching the light. 

Film Comparisons: [Eyes Wide Shut (1999)] x [Midsommar (2019) x [Hereditary (2018)] x [Free Solo (018)] x [Train Dreams (2025)] x [Suspiria (1977)]