华裔杰森(Terry Chen 饰)和白人女子莎拉(Jaime King 饰)结为夫妇,常年居住上海。为了参加一场葬礼,他们带着年仅6岁大的儿子山姆回到北美。但是离奇事件接连发生,山姆不断撞鬼,最后更在一个夜晚被鬼迷住,不省人事。杰森夫妇四处求医皆不见成效,眼见儿子病情越来越重,无奈之下他们向巫医求救。从巫医处得知,当时正值鬼月临近,野鬼横行,山姆的灵魂被一个冤死的鬼魂摄去。杰森只有帮助鬼魂们完成心愿才能拯救儿子的性命。杰森只得同意,却因此揭开了一个被隐藏多年的残忍血案……A couple returns to North America for a family funeral, having lived in Shanghai, China for the previous six years. Soon after they arrive, their son Jamie begins to see ghosts and suffer possession by one of the living dead, and it all ties in with the Chinese festival of Ghost Month, when the doors of hell supposedly open and angry spirits are given the chance to terrorize the living.