Incontrol follows a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of others, and experience the world through someone else. As they push the machine's abilities to its limits, they begin to question the device itself.

还在念高中的Sarah正值低潮，她逃家却发现自己没有人可以依靠，同时又被反复出现的可怕恶梦所苦。很幸运的，正好有一所大学在进行睡梦研究，Sarah不但可以安全地睡觉，还可以获得报酬，更意外的和负责研究实验的科学家Jeremy（蓝顿莱柏隆饰）成了知心好友。参加实验让Sarah的恶梦更加剧烈，梦中的影子生物似乎更加强大。随着黑暗的脚步越来越接…