While filming a movie directed by her boyfriend, Muffin Baker receives a telegram announcing the death of her rich uncle Cyrus, and she heads to his rustic estate with her partner-in-front-of-the-camera. The purpose is clear: attend the reading of the will and see what fate awaits her inheritance. The atmosphere is thick with quiet anticipation as they arrive, the mansion’s shadowy corners and creaking floors hinting at secrets long buried beneath its surface—an uneasy welcome to a place where money and power might corrupt more than kin.
At the reading, the landscape shifts from solemn to perilous as the lawyer Archibald Weisenheimer and his daughter Evilyn lay out a chilling plan to murder Muffin Baker and seize the entire fortune for themselves. The revelation casts a pall over everyone present and turns the estate into a chessboard where every move could prove fatal. The proposal is cold, calculating, and deeply personal, weaving together greed with a legacy that has drawn dark ambitions to the surface.
Unknown to the conspirators, the house is home to a resident ghost named Tabitha, who in a surprising turn of empathy befriends Muffin and becomes a quiet ally. The presence of Tabitha lends a strange gentleness to the otherwise tense proceedings, offering Muffin moments of support and hints that she isn’t quite alone in this fight. The haunting, while eerie, also becomes a source of guidance, reframing the night as a test of wits and nerve rather than just a struggle for survival.
As the plot tightens, Weisenheimer escalates his scheme, taking increasingly desperate steps to kill the heir, while Evilyn engages in a troubling liaison with Ted Wood Jr.—the film’s director and Muffin’s partner—adding a layer of personal betrayal to the family’s perilous gambit. The mansion’s corridors seem to close in as threats loom from every direction, and Muffin must steady her resolve against both human treachery and otherworldly interference.
Hidden within Cyrus’s testament is a crucial clue: a box of assets and the key to it, tucked away somewhere on the property. This revelation reframes Muffin’s mission and gives her a tangible target to pursue, a path that promises not only financial resolution but a chance to uncover the truth behind Cyrus’s last wishes. Rested in her room, Muffin then experiences a dream in which the ghost Tabitha appears in a seductive, guiding moment, nudging her toward the chest and the secret location of the key. The dream sequence blends sensation with purpose, urging Muffin to trust her instincts and the strange help she’s received from the other side.
When the stakes rise and Weisenheimer and Evilyn threaten to seize the money by force, Tabitha reappears to intervene, offering a final aid that helps Muffin stay one step ahead of their scheme. The tension breaks only when the truth comes to light: Weisenheimer confesses that he murdered Muffin’s uncle, revealing a crime born of greed rather than any natural family feud. A policeman, summoned by Ted, arrives to arrest the villain and restore a measure of order to the night.
In the aftermath, forgiveness finds a way to heal the rift between Muffin and Ted, as they confront the revelations, the supernatural occurrences, and the shadows cast by a ruthless executor of a fortune gone wrong. What began as a tense confrontation over inheritance evolves into a fragile reconciliation, underscored by the presence of Tabitha’s guidance and Muffin’s steady resolve to uncover the truth and protect what remains of her family’s legacy.
