Death is a prominent force in the life of youngster Mike Pearson (A. Michael Baldwin). He recently lost his parents, which has forced him to live with his older brother, Jody Pearson (Bill Thornbury), and now death has reared its head again thanks one of his other brothers (he's got three) just now also passing away. How ironic then, given how heavily death plays into Mike's life up to this point, that it would be a mortician that garners Mike's suspicions. Specifically, a fellow only referred to as The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) that serves as the local mortician has aroused the distrust of Mike now that the adolescent individual saw this old and feeble man manage to lift his brother's coffin all by himself.
