The Yellow Wallpaper (Motion Picture) is an "Origins Myth"... rather than a direct adaptation of the famous Charlotte Perkins Gilman story. Drawing from the original short story and a number of Gilmans' other gothic works (The Giant Wisteria, The Unwatched Door, etc.), The Yellow Wallpaper is an original narrative of events that unfold around the actual writing of "The Yellow Wallpaper" short story. After a devastating fire, Charlotte and John rent a countryside house and attempt to start life over, though Charlotte, upon seeing visions of her deceased daughter, retreats to the house's attic and pulls away from her husband and sister. Written by Max Visconti

Durante la época Victoriana, el matrimonio Weiland, formado por Charlotte y John, tratan de recuperarse de la muerte de su hija Sarah, tras incendiarse la casa donde vivían. Su abogado alquila un gran caserón en el campo donde se van a vivir temporalmente junto a la hermana de Charlotte, Jennie. Mientras se intenta solucionar los problemas burocráticos para recuperar el coste de su antiguo hogar, Charlotte está convencida de que su difunta hija está allí con ellos...en esa misteriosa casa con las paredes empapeladas de color amarillo...