孤儿海蒂（阿努克·斯特芬 饰）被姨母迪蒂（安娜·希恩斯 饰）送上了阿尔卑斯山，与远离小镇独居于高山的祖父（布鲁诺·甘茨 饰）一同生活。活泼的海蒂在这里如鱼得水，不仅收获了羊倌彼得（奎林·阿格里皮 饰）的友情和孤僻祖父的亲情，还与山下彼得的家人打成一片。一天，海蒂同彼得在山上放羊，姨母突然出现，连哄带骗将海蒂卖到法兰克福的泽塞曼家。从此，目不识A的海蒂成为了小姐克拉拉（伊莎贝尔·奥特曼 饰）的伴读。克拉拉幼年丧母，大病一场再不能站立，只能被困在豪宅中与轮椅相伴。父亲（马克西姆·梅米特 饰）常年在外很少回家，寂寞的克拉拉把海蒂当成了救命稻草。海蒂能适应泽塞曼家的新生活吗？远在天边的祖父和彼得还能再见吗？克拉拉的腿还有好起来的希望吗？
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer| and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials. When the detective and wife find a diary of the husband's ancestor from 1771| and reports of gruesome murders in the area begin to surface| they begin to suspect that some very unnatural experiments are being conducted in the old house. Based on an H.P. Lovecraft
