14-year-oldLulumovestoasmallprovincialtownwithhermotherandyoungerbrother.Onenight,herbrotherisstruckbyabeamofwhitelight-actuallythespiritofHermanHartmannfromthe19th-century.Toherdespair,LulurealizesthatHermanhaspossessedherbrother,andthetwoofthemarewhirledintoafeveredadventure.JoinedbyOliver,arichkid,andRichard,adisillusionedclairvoyantandinventor,theytakeonthedark,supernaturalforcesgatheringoverthetown-evilfromdeepinthelandofthedead,determinedtotakeovertheworldandseethemdie.