Newlyweds move to the town of their ancestors. After encounters with the alien 'Doll Children', they discover their own striking resemblance to past denied lovers. Their semblance to past victims will come to threaten their very lives. Renting the old homestead Barb is possessed by Rebecca to dream the story of her sister's betrayal leading to her rape and murder. Tom discovers the doll makers are resurrecting the souls of the murderous gang and reincarnating them in the form of the adopted 'Doll Children'. Increasingly threatening encounters with the evil kids culminates in Tom's rescue of Barb from the burning riverboat. He hands Barb the doll that Rebecca had given her sister which comes to life and speaks to her breaking her trance. Barb jumps to Tom's arms and they carry over to the boat below, escaping before the riverboat explodes falling over the dam. Four years later they pass another couple with a daughter the age of theirs. The daughter finds the doll, head regrown on the lake shore and is the only one to see it smile at her.