30年代，舞台演员Tyler Walker在他的恋人Myrna抛弃他跟别人结婚之后精神崩溃，整天在他的豪宅里跟一个打扮成Myrna模样的时装模型为伴，终于在一天晚上，Tyler上吊自杀。许多年后，深陷破产危机的Cates一家突然听说他们继承了Tyler的老房子，急于寻找片瓦遮身的Cates夫妇当即带着儿子Scott和女儿Robin前往。经历多年风雨，这所老房子变得残破不堪，而且还被暴躁成性的Silk为首的街头帮派占据。就在Cates一家忙于应付Silk及其党羽的时候，Tyler的鬼魂跑出来制造了更多混乱……The Cates family is thrilled to learn they have inherited the old mansion of the deranged, stage actor, Tyler Walker. They arrive to discover that the mansion has turned into a playground for a local street gang. But the gang is not all the Cates children have to worry about as Tyler's ghost makes it known he is not pleased with their intrusion.