“Doesn’t life seem nasty, brutish and short?” - Tom Waits

This 70-80 minute long screenplay tells the story of Darran Jersey, a troubled teenager who moves in to a house inhabited by the malevolent spirit of his predecessor.

As time goes by and the family begins to settle, Darran takes on more and more of the qualities of James, the dead teenager who committed a bloody suicide.

As tragedy after tragedy threatens to destroy the family, Darran’s mother Alice decides to leave the house behind and start afresh, but is it too late?