Bill Condon's directorial debut stars Eric Stoltz as Matt Rutledge, an out-of-town businessman whose stay at a gloomy, countryside bed-and-breakfast stirs up a world of dark secrets surrounding the members of a Louisiana family. Over the course of his stay, Matt finds himself in the middle of a psychological battle between two sisters (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey) that leads to seduction, betrayal and murder.