A young woman with a mysterious past arrives in the Catskills to find she has inherited a resort that has been in her family for generations. What seems to be a dream come true soon turns into a nightmare.

The day after learning she is the descendant of the notorious serial killer Rip Van Winkle, a mysterious woman appears at Judith Gardener’s doorstep with a past strikingly similar to her own. Judith soon finds herself irresistibly attracted to the girl. Will she become Judith’s next victim…or her killer?

Judith Gardiner is the last descendant of Rip Van Winkle, the legendary Dutch settler famous for sleeping his life away. But what people don't know is that he also was a serial killer. Now Judith is subject to amnesiac blackouts in which she re-enacts her ancestor's murderous rage. The police are beginning to suspect that the meek, repressed motel keeper is hiding something, but can Judith's soul be saved before the spirit of her ancestor takes her over forever? The saga of Rip Van Winkle and his tortured descendant comes to a mind-chilling climax in this final installment of the spellbinding R.I.P. franchise.