When Claire returns to the country town of her upbringing, she discovers her former home in the grip of a terrifying witchcraft. She arrives to find the town in the grip of fear, decay and madness. The streets are deserted, livestock are perishing, locals have fled - and those remaining whisper mad tales of a shadow that visits the town at night seeking blood. With her uncle now a shell of the man he once was, living in an abandoned asylum, Claire seeks out answers as to the fate of her dead mother – only to come face to face with a terrible evil clan of which her mother is leader. A terrifying modern supernatural thriller, recounting a tale of demons and witchcraft, THE UNLIT also tells the tale of the love between a parent and child – and the horrible sacrifices sometimes made in the name of that love.