Sickhouse 2016

Andrea Russett, a social media personality who shares every moment with her followers, opens the tale by announcing that her cousin Taylor will visit for the weekend. The news arrives alongside a Twitter ping from Sean O’Donnell, who urges Andrea to swing by a allegedly haunted cabin known as “Sickhouse.” When [Taylor] arrives, the two women quickly form a bond, and Andrea teaches her cousin how to use Snapchat. Taylor, eager to capture every moment, posts a video of Andrea sleeping—the first of a string of clips that will flood the feed.

The mood shifts as the next day brings real danger: death threats appear on [Taylor]‘s Facebook page, revealing that the trip to Los Angeles was not a simple escape but a response to a perilous situation back home. Curiosity about Sickhouse grows, and the pair dives into the legend of the Sickwife who once inhabited the place, reading a website that chronicles the mystery. Their encounter with two of Andrea’s fans—Lukas and JC Caylen, who ask for a photo—adds a surreal layer to the trip and underscores Taylor’s fascination with Andrea’s life and the sense of freedom it represents. This moment seeds Taylor’s decision to stay with Andrea a while longer, irritated by the idea of returning to her ordinary life.

The group heads toward the Sickhouse the next day, despite warnings from locals. [Lukas], who has visited the site before, explains the rules: don’t make noise, never go inside, and always leave a gift. At a house party earlier, Taylor watched as Sean and Andrea shared a moment and then shared a kiss themselves, a moment that stirs tension when Taylor realizes how close Andrea and Sean are. Later, the party dynamics collide with the ominous invitation of the Sickhouse as the night unfolds, and the two fans reappear in the story, now part of the escalating tension. The crew camps near the cabin, and the night brings a fevered atmosphere of whispers, strange noises, and fleeting glimpses of the infamous Sickwife.

By morning, Taylor broadcasts again, admitting she would “> do anything to not go home.” The decision to return to the Sickhouse to replace the stolen gifts leads to further danger: Taylor bolts inside, with Sean chasing after her, leaving Andrea and [Lukas] outside. The trio’s frantic search ends with a disturbing sight—the wedding-dress figure of the Sickwife moving through the woods—before the group splits up to find Sean. They encounter the two fans once more, who fall suddenly and severely ill, hinting that the illusion of safety is crumbling. As Taylor runs, the camera—still recording—shows Sean and Lukas incapacitated on the ground, Andrea snatched from view, and Taylor’s phone dropping to the earth, continuing to capture for a few more moments.

Despite the chaos, Taylor presses on with the broadcasts in a desperate bid to trigger a rescue when reception returns. She discovers Lukas alive but weakened, and a growing sense that Andrea may be nearby in the basement pervades her search. In the basement, she uncovers piles of dead bodies and a wedding dress hanging as a chilling relic of the Sickhouse’s history. A glimpse of the “Sickhusband” surfaces just as the scene fades to black, and the image fades into Taylor humming softly, moving deeper into the dark with a sense of eerie calm. The film closes leaving the fates of Sean, Lukas, Andrea, and the two fans ambiguous, hanging in the balance of the online world they so bravely inhabited.