On the arrival in Thailand, the Americans Jim and his girlfriend Julie hire the polite chauffeur Gogo and his van at the airport They sightsee Bangkok and learn the legend of the ghost houses, miniature houses where spirits peacefully live and do not haunt the living Then Jim proposes Julie to marry him with an engagement ring They meet the British Robert and Billy in the hotel lobby and are invited to celebrate their engagement with them Robert summons Jim to visit a fleshpots and Billy stays outside with Julie When they leave the spot, Julie has an argument with Jim that is drunken and accepts Roberts invitation to visit ghost houses at the outskirts Robert wears Julies scarf about a dolls neck and then he flees with Billy leaving the American couple in the middle of nowhere Julie does not feel well and Jim calls Gogo to find them and take Julie to a hospital However, when Gogo sees Julie, he takes her to a nearby village where his aunts live Then they take Julie to a monk that wears amulets about her wrist and Julie recovers They return to the hotel and when Julie removes her amulets, she has dreadful visions What has Robert done with Julie