本片改编自Jonathan Penner小说《The Bridge To Body Island》。讲述的是三个大学生,特雷弗·梅西,杰弗里·索罗斯和西蒙·赫斯曼在校外无意间释放出一种超自然实体的故事,凯瑞·安-莫斯、费·唐娜薇等影星倾力加盟。When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.