The Cooley family moves into the old Keyes house in Massachusetts, which is reputed to be haunted. In 1755, young Lucy Keyes disappeared while in the nearby woods and her mother Martha went mad searching for her daughter. Now, mom Jeanne (Delpy) begins to have nightmares and fears for her own daughter Lucy (Hinkle), especially when ghostly visions seem to want Jeanne to solve the mystery and let Lucy Keyes finally rest.