 After the death of a close friend, Cindy Campbell (Faris) enters a house which is believed to be haunted. Cindy is still recovering from a terrible past and hoping to start again. Living next door to her is recently divorced Tom Ryan (Bierko), who Cindy feels could be what s missing from her life. But things start getting ugly again, when aliens appear on Earth and start destroying humanity. The little Japanese Ghost Boy (Masuda) gives Cindy information on how to stop the aliens. She must travel with her friend Brenda Meeks (Hall) to a village where civilization is very different.