Ghosthouse

Sam Baker confronts his young daughter after she kills her cat with scissors and locks her in the basement as punishment. He and his wife argue about whether she is cursed or under a spell. This moment foreshadows the house’s dark secret and sets the stage for the tragedy to come.

Shortly after the punishment, an unseen killer murders Sam and his wife upstairs, leaving Henrietta crying in the basement. The killer’s identity remains unknown, enhancing the aura of menace around the house. Henrietta clutches the clown doll as eerie lullaby music fills the basement.

The house holds its breath as Henrietta remains locked in the basement, still clinging to the unsettling clown doll. The lullaby music from the doll seems to haunt the empty rooms. This lingering presence hints at a curse that will outlive the family.

Amateur radio operator Paul Rogers picks up a signal of two screaming people and traces it to the old Baker house. He and his girlfriend Martha travel there to investigate the eerie disturbance. The house’s uncanny aura raises their suspicions as they approach.

A hostile caretaker named Valkos tries to scare Paul and Martha away, accusing them of snooping around. He warns them off the property and does not welcome their intrusion. The tension establishes a dangerous atmosphere around the house.

Inside, Paul and Martha meet four young intruders: Jim, Tina, Mark, and Susan. Jim owns a radio, and his voice matches the scream Paul recorded, though he denies being the source. The group tries to understand the connection between the mysterious screams and their surroundings.

Later that day, Jim descends to the basement and encounters Henrietta’s smiling apparition, clutching the clown doll as the haunting lullaby returns. He finds he cannot escape the escalating danger. A rusty fan blade tears loose and kills him instantly.

Valkos tries to seize the situation by force, attacking the intruders as they scramble to flee the house. Tina, Susan, and Mark manage to escape his grasp and vanish through the corridors. The house’s danger proves inescapable for most who trespass.

When authorities arrive to investigate Jim’s death, they wrongly accuse Valkos of the murder, exposing a bias against the aging caretaker. The misunderstanding deepens the mystery surrounding the house. The investigation hints at a broader history that ties past and present misdeeds together.

Paul discovers that Sam Baker, the former funeral director, stole personal items from the dead. He learns Henrietta’s clown doll was taken from a dead child by Sam. The revelation links the doll’s malevolent aura to the father’s crimes.

Armed with the new history, Paul and Martha return to warn the remaining occupants to leave the house. Their pleas are met with hostility as supernatural activity intensifies. The trio’s resolve tests fate, and the house seems to close ranks against them.

Henrietta’s spirit manifests violently, and bizarre events claim the lives of several residents inside the house. In the end, Paul, Martha, and Susan survive the immediate ordeal and depart the scene. The doll’s power and the father’s culpability linger as a haunting legacy.

Susan asks who Henrietta was, and Paul explains she was an ordinary girl corrupted by her father’s actions with the clown doll. The explanation reframes the haunting as a personal vendetta tied to a broken family. The clown doll becomes the symbol of the cycle of violence in the house.

Martha and Paul walk downtown after leaving the house, and Martha spots Henrietta’s clown doll displayed in a storefront. The doll smiles ominously as Paul steps into the street and the traffic lights switch to green, causing him to be struck by a bus. The haunting lingers as their fate mirrors the house’s curse.