Children of the Lake

Joanne and Nick are a smart young couple making their way in the world She talks to the dead while he collects valuables They do it once too often and now theyre on the run They head into the mountains night falls and their car breaks down so they continue on foot Not far away they discover a deserted house at the side of a hidden lake where they take shelter for the night but the house is not empty They find an eccentric woman Queenie and a younger companion Naiad living there The young couple soon find that theyre not in control Joanne thought shed been faking her psychic powers she now finds theyre real and someone or something has plans for using them They experience supernatural happenings and it becomes clear that Queenie and Naiad are fighting over the newcomers in a power struggle of their own Its the longest fortyeight hours of their lives and theyre all wrong about how it will end