In Maryland, a family of five moves into a new home whose ghostly phenomena eventually tear them apart. Young Billy Bean is attacked in his bed. So is his older sister, who at the age of 16 gets married as a means of escaping the house. The father, who refuses to believe in the paranormal, changes from a loving dad to a surly drunkard and eventually abandons the family. The mother is half-strangled in her bed by the spirit of a man with horrible facial scars. Later, she finds a new man in her life, who sees the ghost of a blonde woman in a nightgown as he fixes up the house. A priest is called in to bless the house, but the ghostly activity only grows worse.
—J. Spurlin