An ambitious, yet deluded - and perhaps sociopathic - film director named Jacob Lewis watched a certain well known found footage horror film and decided that he wanted to make the exact same film. Unbound by the shackles which claim many young filmmakers, he treks into the woods - film equipment in hand - to create his plagiarized masterpiece. Jacob is accompanied by Lucy Crew (his ever faithful sidekick), Claudia Stewart (a ditzy makeup artist) and David Lewis (his aloof older brother) along with a cast of actors including former TV star Sophie Anderson, French fashion model Diego Acosta and stoner friend Samuel Weaver, Jacob learns that making a film might not be quite as easy as he anticipated.