- After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. It just so happens that Peter is a strong believer in the supernatural and even teaches a course on it at a local college. Together they must confront the "walkers" so that Joanna can live to see another day.—Anonymous
- Fashion designer Joanna Darby nearly drowns during a party at her boyfriend Glen's home. After tripping over a cat, she falls into the swimming pool and hits her head. She leaves her body and floats upward toward a bright light. Glen and Peter, who is Joanna's former boyfriend, pull her to safety and begin CPR. Joanna's spirit continues into a tunnel and sees various figures. They grab her but she manages to break free and return to her body. The experience is unnerving and she wants to talk about it, but Glen thinks it is best to forget it.
Peter encourages her to relate what happened and suggests she attend a support group for persons who had a near death experience. But Joanna refuses, wanting now to move on. But she has nightmares of being grabbed by the people in the tunnel. She consults Dr. Hovde, her physician, and he pronounces her in good health. As she is walking down the street, a car swerves around the corner and jumps onto the sidewalk, nearly running Joanna down. The car crashes and the driver is killed. The police surmise it is an accident. Joanna did not know the woman who was driving.
Glen takes her to Mexico for a long weekend. The city is celebrating their annual day of the dead. Glen is bumped by an inebriated car salesman, causing him to spill his drink. Later the man tries to hang out with Joanna and Glen but they manage to elude him. He is shown choking on a piece of meat. Glen and Joanna board a boat for the light show and to their annoyance the man, wearing a mask, sits next to them. Suddenly he starts rocking the boat and Joanna is thrown into the water. He jumps in after her and starts trying to strangle her. Glen rescues her but the man is killed by the boat's propellers.
Joanna, backed by Peter, is convinced someone or something is trying to kill her. Glen thinks Peter is encouraging this fantasy because he wants Joanna back. But Joanna is still hurt because Peter was not there for her when her mother died. She finds it hard to trust him again. She also finds it hard to concentrate at work, causing her boss and mentor to be concerned.
After doing some investigating, Joanna learns that the woman driving the car had nearly died the night before due to electrocution. Dr. Hovde gets the autopsy report on the man in Mexico and learns that he had actually choked to death before getting into the boat. The coroner puts it down to paperwork getting mixed up and says it happens all the time.
Joanna goes to the support group, led by Peter's friend Dr. Ann Morgan. As the others share their experiences, Joanna realizes hers is different. No one else had the sensation of being grabbed in the tunnel. As she leaves the meeting, she is accosted by a young man who introduces himself as Rick. He is very distraught and says his experience was like Joanna's. They went deeper into the tunnel than the others and now they are in danger. Joanna is frightened and tells him to leave her alone. But he follows her home and later calls her, leaving a frantic message that she is in danger.
Against Glen's wishes, Peter takes Joanna to see Elena, a medium who lives in a rundown part of town. Glen insists on going along but when they arrive, Elena will only see Joanna. Peter and Glen are forced to wait outside. Elena is aware of what has happened to Joanna, but before she can tell her anything, Glen bursts into the room and forcibly drags Joanna away.
Late one night, Joanna receives a visit from the police. They want her to identify the body of a young man, found alongside the road. He had Joanna's phone number in his pocket. Reluctantly she accompanies them to the morgue and is horrified to see Rick's mangled body. The guard goes to fetch her a glass of water and she is left alone with Rick's body. Suddenly he sits up and lunges toward Joanna. She screams and the guard returns, firing several shots at Rick. At that point Joanna faints.
She comes to in a hospital bed, surrounded by Glen, Peter, Dr. Hovde, and the coroner. The latter explains that what happened was a very common occurrence. After death, calcium in the bones centralizes and causes the body to appear to reanimate. But Joanna knows Rick came back to life and tried to kill her. She tries to explain but is given a sedative.
Dr. Morgan hypnotizes Joanna and takes her back to the night of the near-drowning. But when Joanna remembers the hands grabbing at her in the tunnel, she becomes hysterical and Dr. Morgan brings her back. Dr. Morgan's theory is that Joanna has unresolved issues about her mother's death and Peter not being there for her, which is causing her nightmares. The accidents that happened since are merely coincidences. Joanna realizes that Dr. Morgan doesn't believe a word she has said and storms out in a fury. She asks Peter to take her back to Elena but he says the medium will not see her.
Glen has asked Joanna to marry him but she still has feelings for Peter. Meanwhile, Dr. Hovde is conducting an investigation of his own. He learns that the three people who tried to kill Joanna seemingly died twice. The woman driving the car had been electrocuted at her home but revived and died the next day from the car crash. The man in Mexico had choked on food but then got onto the boat. Rick was beaten to death and revived in the morgue. The coroner says that is impossible, no one could die twice. He insists it is a matter of mixed-up paperwork and there is even a term for it: walkers. Dr. Hovde realizes that Joanna is in danger. He leaves a message for her to call him as soon as possible, but on the way home suffers a heart attack.
Elena at last agrees to see Joanna. She says that on Joanna's previous visit, she was not ready to hear the truth. While Joanna was in the tunnel, she entered the realm of the dead. Now they want her back. They entered the bodies of people who had died violently and tried to kill Joanna. She saw six figures and so six will come for her. But only until the next full moon, which is a few days away. After that Joanna will be safe.
Joanna spends the night at Peter's apartment, sleeping on his sofa. Glen storms in the next morning and accuses her of having an affair with Peter. Tired of listening to the men argue over her, Joanna decides to return to work. Dr. Hovde's nurse calls with the news of his heart attack and Joanna goes to visit him. Before she arrives, Dr. Hovde implores the nurse attending him to burn his body if he dies. Then he has another heart attack which proves fatal.
When Joanna enters his room, he is sitting on the bed with his back to her. Suddenly he turns around and she realizes he means to kill her. She backs away, begging for her life. For a split second, he manages to overcome the evil spirit that has possessed him. Turning, he runs to the window and crashes through it, falling to the parking lot below.
Joanna returns to her office, badly shaken. After leaving her car in the parking garage, she heads toward the elevator. Then she hears a terrible crash. Davey, the teenage boy who rides a skateboard while delivering flowers, was run over and killed. Joanna realizes he will reanimate and come after her. While running toward an exit, she hears the skateboard. Ducking out of his way, she eludes him but he finds her. She runs to the next level and he is again run over as he pursues her.
With one more to go before the full moon, Peter insists that Joanna stay with him. They reconcile and she makes plans to have dinner with Glen, so she can break off their relationship. After stopping for coffee, Peter has a run-in with an inebriated truck driver who threatens them. When they leave the restaurant, he follows and tries to run them off the road. But he crashes his truck and it burns, trapping him inside. Peter and Joanna believe he was the last walker, and that she is now safe.
The next evening, Joanna is waiting for Glen to pick her up for dinner. He telephones to say he needs to make a quick stop and will be there shortly. As he removes cash from the ATM, he is stabbed. Joanna wonders why he doesn't come and after consuming wine, falls asleep on the sofa.
Peter is awakened by a phone call from the state trooper who was at the accident scene the previous evening. He states that the truck driver died of his injuries and not from the fire. Peter instantly realizes that the man was not a walker and Joanna is still in danger. He calls her but she doesn't hear the phone. Frantically he gets in his car and races to her apartment.
Joanna is awakened by the doorbell. When she opens the door, Glen is standing there covered in blood. He tries to grab her but Joanna gets away. She realizes he is the sixth walker and begs him to leave her alone. Peter bursts in and Glen knocks him out. Joanna eludes Glen by running to the window and climbing the fire escape to the roof. Glen follows and crashes through the skylight. He is really dead this time and Joanna's ordeal is over. She and Peter embrace.
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