Follows the life of a youngster from college to his marriage.。1981年,9岁的凯特生活在爱尔兰乡下的一个大家庭里,由于兄弟姐妹太多,她在家中一直被忽视。因为母亲马上又要生产了,凯特被临时送到远房亲戚的家里去过一个夏天。凯特意外地适应这个环境,在这里,温柔的夫妻俩让凯特学会了与自然相处,也学会了与安静的自己和解。然而,在这个安静的家庭里,还有一个悲伤的秘密。。British Army radiation drills at a remote Scottish base attract a subterranean, radioactive entity of unknown nature that vanishes, leaving two severely radiation-burned soldiers... and a "bottomless" crack in the earth. Others who meet the thing in the night suffer likewise, and with increasing severity| it seems to be able to "absorb" radiation from any source, growing bigger...。