Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) is traveling to Paris for a performance, accompanied by her servant Zou Zou (Mary Jo Smith). The two women stop to spend the night at the creepy castle of Lord Vladimir Hellsubus (Richard O'Brien), a man plagued by a terrible curse. It seems that the spirit of Vladimir's first wife looms large over the estate, and Vladimir's second wife (Mary Scheer) is none too happy about her lingering presence.