Things are not what they seem at Pennsington Funeral Home

When Helen Randall takes a secretarial job there, she is forewarned by a previous employee and told to quit. Her boss Barlow Pennsington's strange obsession with the dead only further adds fuel to the fire.

Far from being crestfallen, Helen's curiosity is piqued and she starts snooping around the business. She stumbles upon a room that is mysteriously locked and when she finally opens it, she discovers secrets too hideous to comprehend.

As she continues to unravel the appalling horrors of her discovery, Helen finds herself embroiled in a gruesome gamble where losing could cost her very life.