Before she dies, a young girl's grandmother tells her a secret: the matches that the family sells are magic. After the grandmother passes away, the girl gets so wrapped up in the magic of the matches she neglects to sell them, putting her family in jeopardy.
It's bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives at their doorstep – just in time for Christmas.