The fil)`m open=s with a na,rra#%!,ted disclai/_:mer over fo;?*otag e+_ of an o*+:pening co% ^ffin. T he` narrator%` explains that the
# f??#ilm's climax /.\is. ]so terrify;#ing that ] it may kill t+(he view*/;er, and re:*as sures th/(e audience t?hat if they die of fright w
hile wa;tching the f(\ilm, t][hey wil #?l receiv^ %e /a f-ree bu$ rial se?-rv@ice, and it c(`
loses on[  the caske_@t? whic!h ]-has a
@card inside= reading Reserved for You.[1]　　Newlyweds Jenni (]:Peggy Webber) and E^ri
=/*c (Jo#[h\n Hudson) move into Eric's palatia)((l%? country h,ome. Jenni i`.s Eri(c's second wife; his ]`firs+*:,t wife  Marion d# ied when she .;_accide@?n)tally#; slippe\_d and hit h@:[er h[ea\$d on` the edge o:f $,]a dec@o`r_!@ativ e p*ond o*n th;  e estat)?=e. At -*@th=e ho+,#
me the y meet- Eri//c's friend ]=!s, the. Reverend S_now! (Russ Conway) a+#*nd h]is wife (.+Toni Johnson-), . as w
ell as Mi$:ckey (Alex Nicol), the!: de, ve:)lo!^=pm=-!?entall^_y d:
(i:!)sabled! :gardener. Er?ic ?!privately mentions ^to:? th:e S;nows that  J[[#enni sp ]en()`t !:time in :(an as_$)_ylum following)@ the sudden deat_;]^-h_#`; of both her pa+ -rents, and Mrs. Snow @( ?reveals that Jenni is very  weal]thy.　　Jenni i.s \_#disturbed b;oth by Mic k$ \ey'=s beli_ ef that Marion- .'s gho*,st w(anders the/% estate a#nd b((%y Mar]ion\'s self-*-`por/@trait( insi*de the hous@\e, w?$h+`?ich Jenni believes res) emble.(s * her]  mo
*_(ther. When she begins to .hear un`explained s@%cr]=@=eami -$[ng no+$ises an[!d see
%/skulls -#?#arou!nd her ho;use,=@` sh@e )!b_#elieves that M :*arion?) i:s h^ auntin-.[g her. Though Eric speculates to Je^nni that Mickey, who was a+ childho?
.od #;!)fr*iend of Mar(ion and thus dislik].%es $Jenn.\:i, may ^*be behi
[nd the trickery,/* Jenn=_#i wor(
r.-,ies that she is goin #=g insane. Eric then su(g)[/gests to remov`*%e Ma\=)rion's self-po`?rtr+)[ait from the ho(me.  Eric  ;an^d
] Jenni; take the painting outside ):[and   bu=[rn it@. Wh*=ile they ?=clean up the remains o$!_?f the paintin(g, a+\. skul,+l eme,rges [ from the ashes. +Whi*. le Jenn_/.i panics at # #t\`he sigh\\**t+  of th]
]
e skul]^l, Eric denies th.)at?  the skull is`] there. Jenni _fa. ints and Eric[.#] withdr]#`aws the , skull an*+d hides it,$/ reve) a.^ling that he %]was#.(+ `respo*nsible for th):(/e tricker`#*y all along in an effort to g?et hold of her we?:^.alth.　　Believi*[^ng \?she has finall[=y _:los]_?t ^h)er s%]anity, #)Jenni resolves to be? co](/mmi\
t]% t-)ed. She tell)-/s E[ _ric that / \t#
]h)..e,\ entire proper* ^+ty[ will be meticulously searche@]_d for the skul\ l a?#s a? :(la?s )[t res[or t). Bef_ore Eric can retri`=;-eve it=, @^Mic- \key.%. se(;$\c!retly ste#)?als the skull a
nd brings it to the[: Rev*erend, reveali,ng Eric/ ('s)_% plans?+ . Th]at night, Eric@ prepares. t/\
o murder Je@nni and #^stage i@;t as a. suici?`de. Jenn` %i sees Mari#_on's/ gh#ost i _n Mickey's# `^]greenhouse and f ,lee* s =;back to the house. W-hen sh[e enter@$s, Eric begins throt[$tling h)]+er. The gho,st. then appears and c.^#hases E*#ric outside and a#\?bout the property; it$; fin,al+-ly corners and att\acks_ him, drowning him in t he decora,\tive pon$(d.　　After Jenn#i (($%regains co^nsciousness, :the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow com\forts.
? a @h)!%y*/ste). ;rica[+l  J)enni and the Reverend d=*is* covers Eric'; *)s   bod y *+in th; +e pond. Some undis-c%]lose!$d =*.time,( 
l\^ater,.@ J/.enn? i and;[ the  Snows d*epart from ,!the hou:se. Reverend %\ Snow declares w;([hether or +.not#? Marion's deat^?h was an ac(%:cident
.will /rem@ain( a !mys tery.