 Melvin Dovereaux has finished his business in town and is getting ready to return home. Along the way his car is stuck in a traffic jam caused by a funeral. Suddenly, Melvin hears someone calling his name: a beautiful unknown woman appears as if from nowhere in a car next to his. When the police flag him on, the woman says "let s meet at the exit from Shrevenport" and speed off. Melvin follows her and tries to catch up in vain. He gets off the highway into a deserted road but finds that he s not alone. The hearse suddenly reappears and involves Melvin in a dangerous race, in which the man is chasing an unknown quarry and in turn in being chased by the hearse. He s not just losing the chase, he s losing his own mind. He sees his name written on a wreath inside the hearse. "Who is that in there?" he yells furiously. But no one answers. Full of anguish and fear he finally reaches the turn-off where the beautiful woman is waiting for him. Melvin can only hope that everything has been a dream and hasn t really happened to him at all.