The king slashes his way through the forest, his sword cutting down the terrifying rings of leaves and branches. He climbs a tamarind tree and brings down a corpse hanging from a branch. Just as he turns to make his way out of the gloomy forest, an eerie voice cackles in his ear...

When Upa's father gets kidnapped from the tiny village where he was working, Upa and her mother move to her great grandmother's house in a small town, to recover from the shock...