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The story begins in the 1980s with a desperate businessman, Lesmana, who secretly enters into a dark pact with a malevolent forest entity, offering human lives in exchange for immense wealth and success. Years later, an adult Lesmana falls into a mysterious, agonizing coma, prompting his estranged family to gather at his decaying, isolated mountain villa. His current wife, Laksmi, and her children—troubled stepdaughter Alfie, sensitive son Ruben, and younger daughter Nara—arrive alongside Lesmana’s deeply resentful children from his first marriage, Maya and Danny. Tensions are instantly palpable as long-held resentments and suspicions surface regarding Lesmana's sudden financial collapse and medical state.Eager to find valuable assets to pay off her mounting debts, Maya searches her father's study. She discovers an old, ornate book and unwittingly reads an incantation aloud. This forbidden act shatters the barrier between the mortal realm and the supernatural, awakening the demonic entity that Lesmana once worshipped. The house transforms into a claustrophobic house of horrors. Supernatural phenomena manifest violently, targeting each family member and forcing them to confront their deepest guilts and fears. Maya, consumed by greed and jealousy, slowly loses her mind as the demon possesses her body, turning her into a grotesque vessel of malice.Danny becomes the first major casualty, brutally murdered by the supernatural forces, while Laksmi succumbs to terrifying hallucinations and a horrific death. Trapped inside the cursed estate, Alfie emerges as the family’s unlikely protector. Motivated by a desperate desire to protect young Nara and redeem her troubled past with her father, Alfie confronts the encroaching darkness. She discovers the truth about her father’s demonic bargain, realizing that the entity has come to collect the remaining souls owed under the blood contract.A relentless, visceral battle for survival ensues. Alfie battles possessed versions of her family members, enduring extreme physical and psychological torture. In a final, desperate showdown, Alfie utilizes her resilience and maternal instincts to fight the entity. She manages to severely wound the possessed Maya and drives the demonic force back into the shadows, temporarily breaking the curse. Miraculously, Alfie and Nara escape the cursed villa just as dawn breaks, leaving behind the charred ruins of the house and the tragic remnants of their fractured family, forever scarred by the horrifying legacy of their father’s ultimate betrayal.