A radio actor preparing to marry begins to suffer panic attacks that threaten his career. When he takes his fiancee to meet his eccentric extended family, they conspire to scare him out of his neuroses with a fake haunting - but something supernatural really is lurking in the family estate. Comedy, directed by and starring Gene Wilder. With Dom DeLuise and Gilda Radner.

Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.