Alone in his great grandfather's attic Ethan Casey finds a reel to reel tape with his name on it. As it plays the mysterious voice accurately recounts the events of his entire life, past, present and curiously his future. When the mysterious voice is about to reveal the day Ethan will die the tape breaks. After repairing the magnetic tape he rewinds wind expects to hear his fate. Once again, at the moment of the date being spoken the tape breaks and there’s no sign of any repair. Stunned and confused he considers his next move when his fiancé calls for him. She is ready to leave. While walking away the curiosity of the information on the reel eats at him. He returns and takes the reels with him.