In the late-1990s, Boston’s waterfront area is a barren wasteland of warehouses, parking lots and dive bars. An unscrupulous real estate developer, T. Paul Pritchard, has a vision of rejuvenating the area with a luxury 25-story apartment building. The only problem is the land he wants to build on is a residential section of South Boston, which raises the ire of notorious Southie gangster, Shay Givens.

As Pritchard’s plan comes to fruition, and bodies start to fall in his war with Givens, Pritchard must deal with one of the residents, a mysterious old Romanian woman. Just before she is forcibly evicted from her home, the woman places an ancient curse on Pritchard and his project. The developer thinks nothing of this; until the construction starts and evil comes looking to collect on a promise.