‘In a dark place’ is about a young and beautiful art teacher called Anna Veigh (Leelee Sobieski) who becomes the victim of sexual harassment at work. She decides to leave her job to escape her boss’ unwanted attentions and is offered a job by Mr Laing (Jonathan Fox) as a governess to teach two orphaned children, Flora (Gabrielle Adam) and Miles (Christian Olson), on a country estate. While living in this secluded location Anna starts to hear voices and fears that she is seeing ghosts and spirits. Anna becomes even more afraid when she learns that the woman who previously was the children’s governess dies in mysterious circumstances.