Dr. Montagu, a scientific investigator into the phenomenon of spirits, chose to live for several weeks in the house known as "Hill House." It has a terrifying reputation as a place that does not accept human habitation. To examine and contribute to his notes, he chose three companions whom he had not previously known: two girls, Theo and Elinor, and a young man named Luke, who is the heir to Hill House. To be fair, what happened cannot be told, but it raises a question: Are the ghosts in Hill House the cause of fear, or is fear what created the ghosts? .