Robert Kraft inherits a familial post as the chairman of a small-town cemetery. The centerpiece of the cemetery office is a map of all the plots. White pins represent those who have claimed them, while black pins represent those who are occupied. When Robert accidentally puts a black pin in the just-purchased plots of a friend and his new wife, they die in a freak accident. Robert's uncle convinces him to make another switch, to see if it's a coincidence or something more sinister.