In September of 1995, Jennifer Simpson, who is still struggling over the loss of her parents, and her friends were adopted from an orphanage and taken to a large mansion in the middle of the woods, also known as The Clock Tower. When their caretaker takes too long and Jennifer goes to investigate, she returns to find her friends missing. As she searches the dark and mysterious place, she finds herself becoming a target of a horrifically deformed child with a large pair of scissors, and she soon learns that maybe her new family aren't as innocent as they seem.