Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Sunny, idyllic, and picture
perfect, until a tabloid news program airs a splashy
segment about the community's only unsolved murder-the
grisly stabbing of teenager Tara Mitchell and the
subsequent disappearance of her two best friends, both
thought to be long dead. In the years since the murders,
several families have moved into the mansion where the
crime occurred, each claiming that the dead girls still
haunt the house. Beautiful redheaded reporter Nicole
Sullivan, sensing the story that could be her big break,
arranges for her mother, a renowned psychic, to contact the
three victims via a live séance on the show Twenty-four
Hours Investigates.
But something goes terribly wrong during the segment, and a
young woman is murdered in the exact same manner as Tara
Mitchell was fifteen years earlier. Pressured by her
producers to get the inside story, Nicole is ordered to
continue to investigate. As an attraction grows between
Nicole and police chief Joe Franconi, another identical
murder occurs, along with a menacing note warning that the
original killer is back to claim three more lives. The body
count rises, and so does the danger to Nicole, who is
attacked, barely escaping with her life. She and Joe are
forced to join forces as it becomes clear that the killer
has set his sights on Nicole as his next victim.