High-school prankster Tony Johnson has a weird idea of fun. He likes frightening the life out of people. When he kidnaps school beauty Linda Allison and locks her in a haunted house for the night, that's his idea of a joke. But Linda doesn't see the funny side.

Now Tony has moved to Hollywood determined to break into horror movies. His target is special-effects queen Dani Larson - he's willing to go to any lengths to impress her. By now he's forgetten about Linda. But she's a girl with vengeance in her heart - and she certainly hasn't forgotten him...