When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
       This film is about a legend that has been started by the town folk of Cold Rock. Since the children in the town have been going missing, people have said it's an entity known as 'The Tall Man' who has been taking them. Julia Denning ('Jessica Biel' ) is the local nure whose husband died year earlier. She is soon peronally involved as her child is taken. She tries to track down where the child is taken, but finds that there's more to what's happening than she knew. The town-folk start to turn on her and the truth comes out. But there's still more to the story--who is 'The Tall Man'? And what is the truth behind the disappearances?