Douglas Elmore is an alcoholic author and caretaker haunted by visions of his lifeless spouse and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his previous deeds. When tenants begin turning up lifeless within the hallways and stairwells of his brownstone residence constructing, Douglas suspects a wierd however sexually alluring homeless prostitute named Karna who sleeps in his basement by day and prowls the empty metropolis by night time. However because the our bodies pile up, Douglas is torn between his rising obsession with Karna and the specter of changing into a primary suspect in a homicide investigation. Douglas should discover the origin of the evil residing within the previous Hagstone constructing earlier than the secrets and techniques of his previous return to destroy him.