A small-town mortician finds his darkest secret revealed in director Martin Guigui&s edge-of-your-seat thriller Everyone in Smithville Texas knows the name Ely Vaughn (Dennis Quaid) A former star quarterback on the high-school football team amiable Ely went on to become the town mortician Ely&s always got a quick smile ready as he cheers on the hometown team but two years after his wife&s untimely death he&s grown increasingly reclusive He lives in a sprawling mansion that also doubles as the local funeral home & rumor has it that the house is haunted For curious teens Travis (Tony Oller) Brian (Stephen Lunsford) Abby (Aimee Teegarden) & Danny (Devon Werkheiser) the temptation to find out for themselves if the stories are true prove too powerful to resist Gazing into Ely&s windows the teens witness the silhouettes of the grieving widower & an unidentified woman dancing together & decide to get a closer look But it may be the last mistake they ever make because beneath Ely&s friendly facade dwells a murderous sociopath capable of unspeakable evil