After Pauline Christophe (Mary J. Todd McKenzie), the sole heir for the mansion on Skull Mountain dies, four of her family members are called to hear her will.

Two days later, four of her relatives arrive for the funeral and reading of the will: Phillippe, Lorena, Dr. Andrew Cunningham, and Harriet Johnson.

When Thomas plunges a needle into the doll, Philippe falls down an empty elevator shaft to his death.

The next morning, while Lorena and Cunningham are in town, Harriet enters Pauline's room, discovering a voodoo shrine.

As Cunningham begins to fall asleep, Thomas conjures a snake, which slithers all over Lorena's sleeping body until she awakens and faints.

[1] The motion picture had its world premiere at Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 16, 1974.

[3] Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle described the film as having "crusty acting and hokey dialogue".

[1] In his book Mixed Blood Couples, film critic Steven Jay Schneider suggests that the choice of making French's and Michelle's characters cousins is an excuse to avoid depicting miscegenation.