Emma is convinced that someone or something is haunting her, and she refuses to leave her house until she can piece the puzzle together, with the assistance of John Trevor, a sympathetic detective.

Eventually, Emma suspects her parents of hiding skeletons in the closet from the family's past and practicing magical rituals using Wicca symbols seemingly stolen from satanism.

As a young girl about Emma's age explores the attic, "John Trevor", now a real estate agent called Ron, appears behind her and says they will be seeing a lot of each other.

[3] Joshua Siebalt of Dread Central awarded it one out of a possible five stars and wrote, "The Attic is not the Mary Lambert comeback fans, myself included, were likely hoping for.

"[4] Justin Felix of DVD Talk rated it 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The Attic is fairly transparent and you'll figure out the answers long before the heroine does.