Dark is a psychological horror set in the 1970's, which tells a tale of a writer named Brian Walker and his wife Vanessa Walker. The couple make a business/vacation to the Canadian Countryside. On the way to their new holiday home they meet the locals in a bar near the area they are staying in. They explain about the darkness in the area and an old wise local tells a tale of a young man who was imprisoned by his parents in the new home they will be staying in After exploring the great outdoors Brian begins to write, he becomes curious of the basement and try's to knock down a wall, cutting himself in the process. During this time he spots a shadow of a man that disappears before Brian gets a chance to see who it is. The eerie darkness of the night has just regained consciousness and begins to take shape to the story. A confusion of why a serial killer is after Brian, is this a real killer, a ghost story or is there something more in depth to this?