When Joni was 14, her best friend Gracie Darling disappeared during a séance. Some 27 years on, the local kids in a small town get their kicks with a game of \'Playing Gracie Darling\' – but the seemingly innocent game turns sinister when another girl disappears. Joni, by then a child psychologist, returns to the town and partners with a police sergeant Jay to uncover the truth, while Gracie\'s sister Ruth faces a mother\'s worst nightmare when her own daughter vanishes under hauntingly similar circumstances.