At the start the tone is set that something gruesome has happened and very possibly could happen again. When I heard there was a town where all the people seemingly vanished, I was like "Oh no, here we go again Roanoke!", but thankfully this isn't that story. What this is is a mystery that a modern day film crew is trying to solve in their new documentary. They return to the town for a week to get some preliminary footage to show to the financial backers in order to get more money to make the actual film. There are five of them, some with actual ties to the town and some that are just very good at their jobs and agreed to help on the film. Back in 1959, the people of the town seemingly vanish into thin air, leaving behind a baby and really no other clues as to what happened. Through letters, diaries and research, the film crew starts piecing together some of the events. This is about where I have to stop with the plot so as not to ruin the mystery, but suffice it to say, it's a good one. The back and forth from Now to Then is done well and easy enough to follow which is helpful as there are a lot of characters to keep track of. The atmosphere is successfully creepy in it's ghost town-like nature and the descriptions are such that you get a great idea of how things look, but still have room for imagination. The characters are fairly well fleshed out, you get some background but not a life story which is fine by me, you know enough to know how you feel about them. The only reason I didn't give more stars is because I still have questions that I want answered, but perhaps there is opportunity for a prequel??? I would actually love that!