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Gabrielle Hunter, her husband Leo and son Stefan drive to a remote luxury retreat at the invitation of new client Art Fisher. Gabrielle is struggling to grieve the death of her father. As they approach the retreat, they hit and kill a deer, but discover it was already dying from a bullet wound.At the house, they meet Art, his wife Polly and daughter Fleur. In no time, Art is introducing Gabrielle to new drugs for her anxiety, while covertly competing with Leo, whose attraction to Polly will not remain secret for long.Stefan and Fleur stumble on a stag trapped in a hedge maze in the grounds, where the produce of the garden is ripe out of season. Gabrielle is shot at while running in the woods. Leo, meanwhile, gazes at the sculptures on the lawn and begins to experience gaps in his memory. Whenever Stefan uses Fleur's virtual reality headset, or Leo digs deeper into the house technology, or Gabrielle takes Art's drugs, they all see things that cannot be...