After the death of their grandfather, young Ian and Claire Carlyle discover that the tiny New England home town is something of a halfway house for restless ghosts, who cannot enter Heaven until they have redeemed themselves on Earth. Among the spectral clients of the "Soul Retrieval Center" are Coffin Ed, a disgraced Revolutionary War soldier, and self-described "beautiful bossy ghost" Maria. Naturally, the Carlyle kids end up as reluctant "case workers" for these and other rueful wraiths. (all movie guide)