After the sudden death of her father on her 18th birthday, the quiet and emotionally distant India Stoker finds her life upended when her mysterious and charming Uncle Charlie—whom she never knew existed—arrives to live with her and her unstable mother, Evelyn. Though at first wary of Charlie, India becomes increasingly fascinated by him, sensing that they share something deeper… and darker.
As Charlie’s intentions unfold, a sinister undercurrent takes hold. People begin to disappear, secrets from the family’s past resurface, and India is drawn into a twisted psychological awakening. No longer just a coming-of-age story, Stoker evolves into a haunting portrait of inherited violence, sexual awakening, and the eerie bond between predator and protégé.
With Park Chan-wook’s signature visual style—precise, elegant, and unsettling—Stoker is a gothic thriller filled with quiet menace, repressed desire, and a slow-burning descent into darkness. It’s not a tale of becoming good or evil, but discovering who you truly are when the veil of innocence is lifted.