Like many 9-year-old boys, Eli Braverman believes something menacing lives in his basement. When his older sister leaves him home alone one night, Eli discovers if this evil is real or all in his head...

遥想上一次惊心动魄的冒险已经远在六年之前，如今的哈罗德（约翰·赵 John Cho 饰）和卡玛（卡尔·潘 Kal Penn 饰）也已各自过上安定的生活，哈罗德成为了华尔街一名有为商人并已结婚，而卡玛还依旧住在当年和哈罗德合租的旧公寓。眼看圣诞将至，哈罗德的父亲和岳父决定前来一起过节，岳父还特地带来了他最钟意的一棵圣诞树。一天，卡玛收到一个写着哈罗德名字的包裹，他决意上门将其交给哈罗德，然而意想不到...