作曲家以及音乐学院教授约翰•罗素(George C. Scott 饰)和妻子女儿共度假期,然而突如其来的车祸夺去妻女的性命。孤独悲伤的约翰离开纽约,来到西雅图一所大学任教。他在当地找到一栋已经空闲12年之久的旧房子,虽然破旧,但清静的环境正是和约翰的音乐创作。 但搬入后他却发现,每当早晨6点左右房子内就会传出奇怪的声音,不久后约翰更惊恐地意识到,房子里竟然还住着一个儿童的鬼魂。在鬼魂的示意下,约翰开始有意识的探究这栋房子背后所隐藏的秘密……It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house. He shares it with the spirit of a murdered child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to uncover decades of silence and deceit. With the help of Claire Norman, the one who aided John in procuring the house, they race to find the answers and soon learn that a devious and very powerful man guards them.