Emma's retreat to her family’s beach house in the Hamptons takes an unsettling turn with the arrival of Paul an enigmatic artist from her mother's past. There's something off about this handsome photographer. Yet Emma, an aspiring writer chafing at her privileged confines, also finds herself intrigued. As her attraction to him grows, she makes unsettling discoveries-and among his things finds violent Polaroids that plant dark ideas in her mind.