En antropolog fra Harvard sendes til Haiti for at finde et mystisk pulver, der siges at kunne vække døde til live igen. I hans søgen efter mirakelmidlet forvilder den kyniske videnskabsmand sig ind i den sjældent sete underverden med zombier, blodige ritualer og ældgamle forbandelser.

Four friends break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance. However, finding it soon becomes the least of their worries in a place haunted by dark memories.

Madhavan Mahadevan, who comes into the city from a village to see off his sister-in-law and her daughter after the death of his elder brother, an upright Customs Officer (KB Ganesh Kumar). While running around to claim the insurance money, he comes to know that his brother was actually murdered by the underworld don Irumbanakkal John (Joy Mathew).