


She screams, but nobody believes what she saw and the creature quickly vanishes. During the party, Sally sees a small, hideous goblin-like creature near her leg under the dinner table. The following night, Sally throws a dinner party for Alex's colleagues at his law firm. Alex remains unconvinced of her story, but makes sure the ash door is bolted securely shut. Later, she hears the same whispering coming from behind the fireplace in the basement den. The next evening, something grabs her dress as she is walking down the stairs and she hears voices whispering "We want you." Freeing herself, she sees something scuttling away behind a curtain, which she believes is a small animal of some kind. Alex dismisses her concerns and believes she is suffering from nervous tension. One night she is awakened by voices whispering her name, and an ashtray mysteriously falls off her bedside cabinet. Sally begins to feel unsettled in the house. As Sally leaves the den, several whispering voices call her name from behind the fireplace, proclaiming that "She set us free." Inside is not a fireplace at all but a large, dark, deep sub-basement.

She fails, but is able to pry open a small side door used for removing fireplace ashes. After he leaves for the day, she uses some of Harris' tools to try to remove the bricks herself. Harris, tells her that Sally's grandmother had him seal it up after her grandfather died and that it is better to leave it the way it is. Shortly after moving in, she discovers a bricked-up fireplace in the basement den. Sally Farnham and her husband Alex inherit an old mansion from Sally's recently deceased grandmother.
