House

A careless boy, Jim, arrives at a detached house with groceries and hears strange noises upstairs. He investigates and discovers Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper has hanged herself in a room. The eerie atmosphere is heightened by unsettling music and the boy's curiosity leading to the tragic discovery.

During Mrs. Hooper's funeral, the priest delivers a response, and a man asserts that Elizabeth was not crazy, contrasting her with his mentally disturbed wife. The scene establishes the house's dark history and hints at ongoing skepticism about her state of mind.

Author Roger Cobb promotes his horror novels at a store, where fans exhibit eccentric behavior. They are more interested in his personal life and upcoming projects, revealing his struggle to connect with his fanbase amid his career and personal issues.

Roger receives a call informing him he's inherited his Aunt Elizabeth's house. Despite his girlfriend Sandy's concerns, he packs up and heads to the house, setting the stage for his return to the haunted home and its mysteries.

While pruning bushes, Roger notices his son Jimmy playing alone. Suddenly, Jimmy vanishes, and Roger searches but finds only distant sounds and a splash in the pool. The disappearance hints at the house's supernatural influence.

Roger experiences restless sleep filled with nightmares of Jimmy and the graveyard. He also begins to hear strange noises upstairs, prompting him to investigate and realize the house may be haunted by his aunt and other supernatural entities.

Roger explores the house and re-enters Jimmy's bedroom, seeing her hang herself again in his nightmares. He encounters disturbing visions and encourages himself to leave, but the haunting intensifies as he digs into the house's dark history.

Suspecting supernatural activity, Roger builds elaborate traps, dresses in military gear, and sets cameras to catch the house's ghostly inhabitants. His actions reveal his increasing paranoia and desire to confront the house's malevolent forces.

During his investigation, Roger is attacked by attacking tools, a moving swordfish, and a monster resembling Sandy. He ultimately kills the creature, only to realize it was his wife, highlighting the psychological and supernatural chaos within the house.

Roger rescues a trapped Jimmy from monsters, discovering a hidden black hole leading to another dimension behind a mirror in his medicine cabinet. His efforts illustrate the house's connection to alternate worlds and his desperate attempt to save his son.

Roger fights monstrous versions of his enemies, including an enormous Big Ben, using weapons and explosives. The house teeters on the edge of a cliff as Roger confronts and defeats these entities, culminating in a fiery house destruction.

As the house burns, Sandy arrives in a taxi, anxious to see Roger and Jimmy. Roger appears with Jimmy, and they reunite happily, signaling a possible resolution to his haunted past and supernatural ordeal.