JamesRobertsonbuysapaintingdepictingwitchesbeingburnedatthestake,oneofwhombearsanuncannyresemblancetohiswife,Chris.Chris,graduallytakenoverbythepersonalityofthewitchinthepaintingthatsheresembles,alliesherselfwithtwootherreincarnatedwitchestoplanJames'death,asheprovestobeadescendantofthemanresponsibleforthewitches'fate.