George Wickersham, a top Boston lawyer, returns to his ancestral summer house on a private island in rural Maine. Due to bad memories from his childhood, he has a dislike for the place and intends to sell it quickly. However, when his wife suggests turning it into a for young and aspiring artists, his love for her changes his mind and he agrees. As time passes while the building is being repaired strange things start to occur. Is the house haunted? What dark secrets are held within its walls?