In a foggy winter morning, a raft brings a priest to an isolated island. He is getting paid to perform a wedding ritual under very mysterious conditions. The groom is Victor Frankenstein, and the young and beautiful bride is his cousin Elizabeth. Seven armed and dangerous mercenary soldiers have been hired to protect her against something huge that hides in the woods, awaiting for that wedding night to be consummated. Victor is the only one who knows the truth about their enemy. His secret will be paid with the life of his private army, whose men will die one by one, as the creature gets closer to his target: the bride.

怀有身孕的艾丝特·伍德豪斯（艾丽西亚·拉斯姆森 Alexia Rasmussen 饰）完成了例行的孕期检查，谁知在回家路上遭到不明身份之人的袭击，凶手更残忍地攻击她的腹部，导致艾丝特尚未出世的孩子夭折。艾丝特孤身一人，无依无靠，当初的孩子也是通过精子库受孕得到。出院后她经人介绍了解到一个专为受过创伤的母亲而设的互助组织，并在此结识了热情友善的梅勒妮（阿莱克斯·哈维斯 Alexa Havins 饰）。艾丝特从新朋友那里感受到了久违的温暖和舒心，可是偶然机缘下她发现梅勒妮所谓的家庭不幸都只是谎言而已。她没有戳破谎言，反而自认为从中了解到梅勒妮的真实想法。 身在苦难中无法自拔的人们，隐隐希望得到残酷的救赎……