汤姆（何塞·加西亚 José Garcia 饰）是一名在巴黎生活的整形医生，在那些渴望变美的女人们面前，他就是宛如造物主一般的存在，但对于汤姆来说，每天都在重复着同样的生活令他倍感疲惫，并且产生了逃离的想法。茱莉亚（Caroline Vigneaux 饰）是汤姆的妻子，身怀六甲的她即将临盆，可即便是这样特殊的时刻，塔姆还是决定带着她以及两个正值调皮捣蛋年纪的孩子，前往法国南部的村落度假。 　　这本该是一次温馨的家庭旅行，谁知道，在临走之前，茱莉亚那风流成性大大咧咧的外公本（安德烈·杜索里埃 André Dussollier 饰）突然决定加入他们。不仅如此，汤姆还发现，自己引以为傲的拥有自动巡航功能的跑车，在出发后没多久，自动巡航的功能就发生了故障。

　　WRITERS RETREAT is a horror film written by Jeremy Sheldon & C.M. Taylor set on fictional Kilton Island where strangers come together to develop their writing. Mark Twain famously said: "Write what you know". But how far would you go to find material for the ultimate bestseller? At a writer's retreat on an isolated island, novelist Zandra finds herself amongst a group of strangers confronting their darkest secrets as they write. When a member of the party mysteriously disappears, Zandra fears there is a more sinister presence trapped on the island with them. WRITERS RETREAT is filmed in a classic British Hammer Horror style using the strange features of its location to create a hauntingly terrifying film with atmosphere and menace. The script delves deep into human emotions and honesty, causing the characters to ask questions about themselves that they didn't know they had and question the audience as to whether things are quite what they seem.

　　为了追求真正意义上的自由，两对男女选择一同上路，开始了将近两年的旅途。有一天，黛比接到母亲的电话，得知父亲病危，于是四人便原路回到了英格兰。每个人都被死亡将至的阴霾笼罩，各自对人生，对死亡，也产生了不同的认知。