A young coed uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood, just north of the school. He also recommends she stay at the "Raven's Inn," run by a Mrs. Newlis. Taking the professor up on his recommendation, she arrives in the village, at first dismissing the eerie feel of the area as small-town quirkiness. But things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself "marked" for sacrifice by an undead coven of witches. It seems that the innkeeper is actually the undead spirit of Elizabeth Selwyn, and the "guests" at the inn are the other witches who have come to celebrate the sacrifice on Candalmas Eve.