Nearly 20 years after her and her friends' near death experiences with the Wendigo on Blackwood Mountain, Samantha Carter, now known as Sam Munroe, is living a life with her husband, Michael, and daughter Hannah Beth, struggling to keep the memories of that night locked away in her mind for good. But now, Sam has to confront with what happened that night when she finds out her daughter and a couple of her friends decide to pay a visit to Blackwood Mountain, and they don't know the horrors lurking in the mines underneath the mountains reserve. In a desperate attempt to save their kids' lives, Sam, Jessica, Matt, Emily, Chris, Ashley and Mike reunite, and put their bravery and lives at risk to once again get back on Blackwood Mountain and face their fears with the Wendigo, and try desperately to find their kids alive, before the Wendigo decides otherwise....
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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