In 19th century Vermont, a struggling family faces a harsh winter after being abandoned by their unfaithful husband. The elderly and infirm are frozen in snow, only to be revived in the spring, but a sudden thaw awakens a monstrous hunger in Ruth's father.
The Thaw
In the midst of a harsh 19th-century Vermont winter, a family's desperate struggle to survive becomes a descent into darkness as they unwittingly unleash a malevolent force with the aid of a mysterious tea, which is exacerbated by an unexpected thaw.