Eager to add value to her property before selling it, newly divorced Kate Hunt hires an amiable but eccentric local carpenter named Howard to build her a new deck. Initially the perfect craftsman, Howards behavior grows ever more peculiar as work progresses and it soon becomes clear that Howards eccentricities mask a complex and devious personality that threatens to upturn Kates whole life, locking the pair in a battle of wills that may cost both of them their sanity. Inspired by actual events. 　　译文(2): 为了在出售之前给自己的财产增值，新近离婚的凯特 · 亨特雇佣了一个和蔼可亲但古怪的当地木匠霍华德为她建造了一个新的平台。最初，霍华德是一个完美的工匠，随着工作的进展，他的行为变得越来越怪异。很快，人们就清楚地看到，霍华德的怪癖掩盖了一个复杂而狡猾的性格，这种性格可能会颠覆凯特的一生，将两人锁定在一场意志之战中，这场意志之战可能会让两人都丧失理智。真实事件的启发。