Древно любовно проклятие застига четирима студенти в село обитавано от духове. Спасението им са млад писател и неговата бивша приятелка, които могат да се изправят срещу свръхестествени сили на прокобата.

数年前，奇幻作家郭径（余文乐 饰）曾写了一部名为《荒村》的小说，故事根据一个的古老传说改编。据说真心想爱的人到了荒村会受到祝福，而虚情假意的情侣则会遭遇不幸，它的凄婉与浪漫让无数青年男女心驰神往。霍强、韩小枫、苏天平、春雨这四个大学生对《荒村》痴迷不已，他们一心寻找真正的荒村所在，以及故事中的女主角胭脂。原本应是快乐轻松的探险之旅，不久却变成了一场噩梦，他们的爱情和生命遭受巨大的考验。另一方面，郭径的生活也骤起波澜，业已分手的女友欧阳小枝（张雨绮 饰）又突然闯入他的世界……

Young writer Guo (Shawn Yue) wrote about a titular curse in his book, “The Deserted Village”. It began 500 years ago in the Ming Dynasty, when one of the villagers died of terminal illness. The widow Yanzi vowed to stay with her husband forever but when the man suddenly returned to life. The horrified neighbours believed that he was a monster. They burned him to death and torched his mansion. The devastated Yanzi upheld her vow and threw herself into the fire. Since then, the village was cursed and the mansion subsequent inhabitant dies mysteriously. Some say only couples who share true love can survive in that village. Those who are unfaithful will come to their demise. To the world, the book was pure fiction. Only Guo and his ex-girlfriend Zhi (Kitty Zhang) had lived through the horror to know its existence. When four college students decided to explore the village themselves, the trip led them to an ancient well in Yanzi’s mansion, where the curse was unleashed once again.