« Some doors weren't meant to be opened. In every mind there is a door that should never be opened. »
Chicago telephone lineman Tom Witzkey (Bacon) is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in-law (Douglas) and begins seeing the ghost of a neighborhood girl murdered years before.
He comes to the discovery that he is a Receiver- one who is able to see spirits.
Now in possession of knowledge he never wanted to know, Tom struggles through his daily existence plagued by these newly-acquired supernatural visions while attempting to retain his sanity.