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STATES OF MIND - Synopsis Ali and Vanessa leap from the back of an old pickup truck and push through the iron gate to start a long trek up the winding road. No one wanted to bring them up to the mansion on the hill and they wave as the driver disappears in a cloud of dust. Still, the meditation retreat pays well for the weekend so they shrug off the inhospitable locals and trudge on, stopping in their tracks at the mansion which looms large from the Aussie landscape..t. This weekend seems too good to be true!They're met by the eccentric Professor Manchester, barely three feet tall, but full of charisma. His giant, mute assistant take their bags and the girls explore the creepy corners of the house peeking in at an abandoned nursery, a drawing room guarded by mute stags staring from glass eyes.. The other guests start arriving: Brandon, a Physio student; Melanie, a brash psychic from Byron; and Nathan, a vegan hippie high on life. As they share an enormous meal prepared by Cooke O'Rourke, it becomes apparent that Every guest has a story... and a secret. With no small degree of skepticism, the the motley guests begin their "sessions". From yoga to 'remote viewing', the Professor is focused on all forms of meditation. During their first sit, the group is amazed when they're successfully able to remotely view an image. The delighted Professor explains his theory: that consciousness is a frequency that lives external to the body, and that each person is 'tuned' in to their own brain, like a radio receiving a song. The elation is short lived... Returning from the session, Nathan falls ill; but refuses to leave the house and forfeit the financial reward. The illness takes a sinister turn, and Cook O'Rourke begins treating him in secret - with an exorcism. When a raging storm takes out the power to the house, the group learns that much more than their weekend plans is at stake. During the 1920's, a seance went horribly wrong, inadvertently inviting 'entities' into the house. The group learns the house is surrounded by an energy field that protects them. With the power out, no one is safe.While discovering the house's dark history, the guests desperately need to get the lights on! One by one the group are taken, becoming displaced from their own bodies and having to 'borrow' those of their fellow group members! In a nail-biting race against time, Ali and Vanessa must find a way to escape, all while fighting for their lives against those who have become possessed. Too good to be true, turned out to be more accurate than they could have realised.. But whose plan are they really part of?

The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which civilisation has crumbled. A massive electromagnetic pulse has killed all children on the planet with the exception of Molly (Billie Rutherford), the daughter of Jake Slater (Jake Ryan).