- A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame.
- An ambitious young dancer, Terry Gionoffrio, dreams of fame and fortune in New York City. But, after suffering a devastating injury, an older, wealthy couple welcomes her into their home in the luxury apartment building, the Bramford. When fellow resident and influential Broadway producer offers her another chance at fame, it seems that all her dreams are finally coming true. However, after an evening she can't fully remember, disturbing circumstances soon have her second-guessing the sacrifices she's willing to make for her career. She soon realizes that something evil is living not only in Apartment 7A, but in the Bramford itself.—Paramount+
- With a lingering, unhealed wound sealing her fate, Theresa, a struggling dancer, is on the brink of calling it quits. But after that life-altering jeté, Terry would do anything for another shot. Then, the girl who lost everything has a new lease of life when Minnie and Roman, a gracious childless couple, take Terry under their wing. Of course, it was either them or the streets. At last, life cuts Terry some slack; from now on, The Bramford, New York City's rumour-filled building, will house her hopes and dreams--or nightmares. However, everyone in the imposing Bramford--the Castevets, Mr Marchand, and the man upstairs--is warm and friendly. Why would they want to lead an innocent lamb to the slaughter?—Nick Riganas
- In 1965, the aspiring dancer Theresa "Terry" Gionoffrio moves from Nebraska to New York City expecting to win fame and fortune. However, during the rehearsal of a play, she breaks her ankle and falls in disgrace in the artistic environment. When she goes to the audition of the play "The Pale Crook", she is humiliated by the producer Alan Marchand. Terry follows him to beg another chance and when he arrives at his apartment building, the Bramford, she feels sick and throws up. The old couple Minnie Castevet and Roman Castevet help her on the street and bring her home. They do not have children and offer the apartment 7A that is empty to Terry. She moves from the house of her friend Annie Leung to the apartment at the Bramford. Soon her life progresses but she feels that there is something evil in the Bramsford.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Terry Gionoffrio, a young dancer from Nebraska now working in New York City, sustains a serious ankle injury mid-performance in a Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate, causing the show to be stopped. She becomes known as "the girl who fell" and, although unable to perform as she previously did, continues to unsuccessfully audition for dancing parts. After auditioning for Broadway producer Alan Marchand, she follows him home to the Bradford apartment building and becomes sick from the anti-pain medication she'd taken. She is befriended by Minnie and Roman Castevet, an elderly couple who live in the Bradford's apartments and who offer her an apartment down the hall rent-free, which they explain as something they have done before to help someone who needs it. Unpacking, she comes across a ballet slipper labeled Joan Cebulski.
The Caste vets invite her for cocktails at Alan's apartment, but when she shows up, she discovers the Caste vets have cried off and she is the only guest. After a drink, she becomes disoriented. After a frightening dream, she wakes in bed in Marchand's apartment. He implies they had sex and tells her she made the chorus for his show.
Terry meets more of the neighbors, who take an interest. One woman, Lily Gardenia, gives her a salve for her ankle, and she has another frightening dream, but in the morning her ankle is markedly better. Another, Dr. Sapirstein, an obstetrician, gives her his card. The Caste vets give her a talisman necklace for Christmas.
After experiencing morning sickness, she visits Dr. Sapirstein and discovers she is pregnant, and the news is soon known to Alan and the Caste vets.
Terry is attacked at night by Lily who says she "has to end it". After attacking Terry with a pair of scissors, she has a heart attack. The next day, the Caste vet couple tells her Lily is in a coma.
Terry discovers a secret passageway into Lily's apartment and finds a note and a grimier. She steals the grimier and finds a drawing of her talisman in it, along with a photo of a chained woman giving birth to a demon.
Terry experiences pain and calls Dr. Sapirstein, telling him she thinks there's something wrong with her or the baby. He tells her to pack a bag and come in, and when she asks why she would need a bag, he tells her she may be experiencing perinatal hysteria and needs to be admitted for her protection and that of the baby.
Terry flees, leaving the talisman behind. She finds Joan Cebulski's name in an old Playbill and visits the theater; the manager tells her Joan left six months earlier, promising to be back for her belongings the next day. In Joan's suitcase, Terry finds a rosary and a Bible with Revelation 12:9 underlined.
Terry goes to a back-alley abortionist, accompanied by Annie; Terry involuntarily kicks the abortionist as she starts the process, and the woman has a seizure. Terry tells Annie she has to deal with the pregnancy "on her own".
Back at the Bradford, she finds a temple with murals and tools of religious ritual in a sub-basement. Alan appears and tells her this is where she was impregnated. Alan taunts her, and she stabs him with an engraved theme. A horned figure appears, and she flees. Finding Mine and Roman in her apartment, she tries to stab herself in the stomach but falls to the floor, writhing in pain. Roman tells Terry her son will be Satan's heir and change the world. He and Minnie take her to the rest of the group, who welcome her. Minnie replaces the talisman around Terry's neck, and Roman declares God dead, and 1965 is the year one. He raises a toast, "Hail, Satan", which Terry joins in on. She begins to dance artistically to "Be My Baby" and, reaching the window, throws herself out to her death. As Minnie and Roman approach the scene, they see Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse being interviewed by police.
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