In a desperate attempt to protect her ten-year-old daughter, a young widow allows a nightmarish monster to slowly eat her alive.

Trapped in the living nightmare of motherhood, Mindy, a single mother harbouring a horrible secret, has willingly cut herself off from her unsuspecting precious daughter, Alice. After all, the girl must never know what's been going on behind her back. But as Mindy's unimaginable problem gets the best of her, fear and abuse slowly drain her life away. And the thing in the basement is always hungry; no matter what, its feeble human host must keep feeding it, or else. With one delicious little bite separating life from death, will Alice realise the extent of mummy's sacrifice?—Nick Riganas