故事讲述一名犯罪小说家查尔斯(丹·史蒂文斯 饰)遭遇写作障碍，他邀请了古怪的神秘主义者(朱迪·丹奇 饰)表演降神以获得灵感，结果前妻(莱斯利·曼恩 饰)的鬼魂被意外召唤了出来，这个鬼魂想杀了查尔斯这样他们就能来世再聚。而现任妻子露丝(艾拉·菲舍尔 饰)看不见鬼魂，还担心自己的丈夫已经彻底疯了。A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.