On a dark and stormy night, Robert and May are settling into a romantic evening on a getaway in upstate New York when they hear what sounds like a break-in happening downstairs. Robert goes downstairs to see what's going on. While he's downstairs, May hears noises and sees the door open on its own, followed by the sound of footsteps in the room, a rocking chair rocking with nobody in it and a creepy old music box opening. When Robert returns, he doesn't remember anything that happened downstairs. May tells him what happened while he was gone and the two decide it would be best to go back down together. The pair exit the room and we hear all kinds of sounds, crashes, screams, etc. Then Robert returns to the room alone, his face gashed and bruised. He begins to see the same exact things that may had described seeing in the room when he had initially gone down to investigate and realizes it's a pattern. He takes notes to keep a log of the discovery. Suddenly he hears May's screams outside the room, and opens the door to find May being held up in a doorway down the hall by some demonic force. He charges out of the room after her and the door closes yet again. We hear more noises, crashes and screams until this time, May, bruised with tattered clothes, returns alone. She finds the journal and discovers the pattern Robert was talking about, but this time when the door opens, there's a ghoulish girl in the doorway repeating "I don't remember." She floats into the room. May backs away terrified. Suddenly, it's as if the ghost girl sees her. The ghoulish figure turns to May, her mouth opens and a bone chilling scream echoes through the room. May falls back against the wall, but when she looks up the girl is gone, and once again, Robert re-enters the room. Robert once again doesn't remember what happened downstairs, but this time he is carrying a key, he just has no idea how he got it or what it is. While May is scolding him for not believing in ghosts, Robert notices the music box. They realize the little key might be able to unlock it. They put the key in the box and voila, it opens. The music is discordant and terrifying but when it plays, they hear footsteps approaching the door. Robert sees there's an inscription that reads "to my loving daughter, my you find comfort here even when I'm gone" and he and May deduce that this must be from the ghost girl's mother, who died trying to protect her from her abusive father. Robert decides firmly that the music box is good and the footsteps lead to a knock at the door. May doesn't want to answer it. Robert moves towards the door, compelled somehow by the power of the force behind the door. He is about to open it when May smashes the music box. The lights go out and May explains that the music box said "Love Daddy" below the inscription, meaning it must have been from the abusive father. At this moment the door creaks open and the ghost girl appears again, looking more ghostly and less scary. She tells them they must come with her so she can show them something. May doesn't want to do it, but Robert insists that in horror movies, when a not scary ghost insists that they're going to show you something, it's probably important "vision stuff" that will ultimately lead to them getting out of this mess. May agrees and they leave the room, following the ghost. The door closes and we hear what sounds like the most exciting part of any horror movie, except we don't get to see it, because we're stuck in the room. The door opens one last time and Robert and May enter. They still don't remember what happened. Suddenly the ghost girl appears in the rocking chair, looking radiant and fresh. She thanks them for saving her and says that she must pass on now, evaporating into thin air. Robert and May don't know what they did, but feel like they must have "done it" whatever it was. The lights go back on and phone service returns. To make sure everything is back to normal, Robert steps outside the room once more. He steps back in and remembers being outside the door, meaning the curse is broken. They leave the house in a hurry because who would want to sleep there after that, and they probably shouldn't be taking vacations anyway.