Based on the 1996 novel by Todd Grimson, young filmmaker Lisa Nova arrives in Los Angeles, summoned there by the abrasive, powerful but somewhat washed-up producer Lou Burke, on the strength of a spooky short film she made. He wants to adapt it into a feature, with Lisa as director, and cuts her a $10,000 check to option it on the spot but she rejects him and suddenly she starts hearing about a different director attached to the project.
Driven by ambition, Lisa vows to get her movie back and to make Lou’s life miserable in the process. Soon enough, a witchy, soothingly maternal, hippie-looking woman called Boro materializes out of the ether to catalyze this revenge. Can you see the “be careful what you wish for” twist coming?