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In a race towards time, Anna Taylor insists she’s now not dead. The ordinary funeral director spends her last days making her marvel if she has actually ever lived, or if she’s still alive in any case. Eliot Deacon, a nearby mortician who owns a funeral home, whispers to the dead whom he prepares for his or her funeral. He does his great to lead them to look as though they're best napping after he secretly leads them into the afterlife. That identical morning, after an intimate second, Paul notices that his girlfriend, Anna, is upset and attempts to talk to her about it. but his remote companion denies her trouble as her nose bleeds. Later at school, middle school teacher Anna witnesses Jack, her student, being bullied by way of his classmates and prevents them. simultaneously, Mr. Deacon prepares for a service at his funeral home. whilst Anna is about to go domestic, the lights along the faculty's hallway start to flicker one after the other, so she runs in the direction of the go out in terror whilst being chased through darkness. regrettably, the doors are locked, so she fearfully calls out into the darkish hall. , Jack activates the lighting and opens the door for his teacher, which she claims to be locked some seconds earlier. Overlooking the uncommon incident, Anna tells Jack she's attending her antique piano teacher's funeral. Her pupil insists on tagging alongside, however his instructor refuses and tells him to watch for his mom. Then, Anna goes to the pharmacy to refill her medicinal drug while she makes a decision to get her hair dyed at the parlor throughout the street. Arriving on the funeral, she bids her condolences to the overdue pianist's wife and is going as much as the open casket. all at once, she sees the useless's mouth circulate, so she blinks in shock however sees him as non violent and unmoving. Her response seems to get Eliot's interest, and he watches her thru his window as she cries in frustration and drives away. Later at a eating place, Paul waits for Anna and holds an engagement ring box before setting it returned in his coat. His lady friend arrives overdue and Paul comments on her uncommon crimson hair. Then, Anna notices the high priced wine her boyfriend ordered, soliciting for the event. Paul tells her approximately his switch at paintings and is ready to advise for marriage when Anna mistakenly suggestions that he is leaving her. The couple argues and his lady friend storms off at the same time as an equally exasperated Paul calls her crazy, much like her mom. Regardless, he follows her outside and fails to stop her from driving away. Distressed, Anna cries and speeds off the road at the same time as the rain starts offevolved to pour. She drives by way of a truck and reaches for her telephone whilst she swerves off the street. Hours later in a morgue, Eliot attends to his patron and uncovers Anna, who lies unconscious on an autopsy desk. He begins to dispose of her add-ons and is about to tear her red get dressed while she wakes. Patiently, he informs the terrified lady of the coincidence and tells her that she's dead. but, Anna protests that she is not, so Eliot suggests her dying certificate, which info the reason of her passing. Then, Eliot proceeds to clean the gash on her forehead even as he prepares her body for her funeral. Anna denies her dying again and again, at the same time as the mortician says that every one the corpses have stated the same and leaves to allow her relaxation. day after today, Eliot gets a bottle of hydrogen bromide, a muscle relaxant, while Anna's cellphone jewelry. Paul tries to reconcile and leaves her voicemails at the same time as Eliot ignores them and places Anna's bag of belongings in his closet, among others. in the meantime, Paul barges into one of the lecture rooms and looks for his girlfriend. A alternative teacher tells him she did not come to work, nor did she call, so he leaves stressed. In Eliot's home, he talks to the deceased Mr. Hutton approximately Anna thru his image, which the mortician pins on his wall. at the identical time, Paul drives to his female friend’s residence to search for her. His girlfriend’s mother reveals that she died in a car twist of fate final night. greatly surprised through the news, Paul denies Anna’s demise, at the same time as Mrs. Taylor blames him for letting her force within the bad weather. Tear-troubled, Paul stares at her in regret. at the morgue, Anna pleads to be freed at the same time as Eliot tells her that she's still in denial of her dying. The mortician starts offevolved stitching her wound, while Anna worries about the numbness she feels. all of sudden, the doorbell rings, which Eliot says to be Anna's mother. He injects her with a muscle relaxant to forestall them from stiffening earlier than protecting her. Up in Eliot's residence, Mrs. Taylor insists on seeing her daughter even if she's nonetheless unprepared. So, Eliot leads her down the morgue and uncovers Anna. dissatisfied, Mrs. Taylor wonders who will look after her now that her daughter has exceeded. Eliot ensures to have Anna organized by using Friday, as requested. earlier than leaving, Mrs. Taylor tells him to dye her hair lower back to brunette. meanwhile in Jack's home, he cuts a clipping about his teacher's accident from the newspaper even as his mother ignores him. returned at the morgue, Anna receives up from the table and unearths that she cannot feel her pulse. She receives off and attempts to name for help within the locked room. meanwhile, Eliot confirms with the priest about Anna's burial over the cellphone and sees Paul in his driveway. Eliot greets him out of doors and acknowledges him because the city's lawyer, whereas Paul introduces himself as Anna's fiancé. The mortician doubts this and mentions that Anna doesn’t have a ring. nevertheless, Paul insists on seeing Anna, but the mortician refuses on the grounds that he's no longer own family of the deceased. Down the morgue, Anna hears her enraged boyfriend and kilos on the door with all her strength, calling for Paul, who drives away in defeat. Later, Eliot is returned at the morgue with Anna curled inside the corner. The mortician clears away his tools while Anna blames him for her death and calls him loopy for claiming to be the only one who sees her. Displeased, Eliot asks her peak for her coffin and locks her again inside the morgue. At a police station, Paul asks for Tom, the police leader, however he isn't there. Paul grabs a drink as an alternative however sees the impound room and sneaks in to look for his girlfriend’s car. when he unearths the wrecked and bloody vehicle, he sits inner and sees the bloody bobblehead pass. , he sees Anna looking at her from outdoor the car while Tom grabs him which snaps him lower back to fact. Paul asks his pal for help to permit him see Anna however fails. Remorseful, he grips the bobblehead difficult and walks away. again inside the morgue, Anna grabs the autopsy scissors from the table and walks to the doorways. Then, she sees a hand peeking from a blanketed body on another table and uncovers a useless old woman, Mrs. Whitehall. while Eliot enters, he sees the uncovered frame and tells Anna no longer to be scared since the useless cannot harm her. Then, Anna assaults the mortician and runs to the locked door. She defends herself and swears to kill Eliot who encourages her. unable to hurt him, Anna lowers her hand and insists that the docs made a mistake of pronouncing her dead, but the mortician interjects. He claims that he has a present which enables him to speak to souls in between existence and loss of life and help them make a transition. The mortician then leads her again to the table no matter Anna's complaints. while she nevertheless insists, Eliot rages and asks if her lifestyles is worth residing for her to fight for it. He reminds her of her upcoming funeral in days and leaves Anna yet again. unexpectedly, Anna wakes up face-to-face with Mrs. Whitehall, who claims that the young girl is not equipped. She notices the open steel chamber from the side of the room and approaches it whilst a hand pulls her in. internal, she hears voices and meets her more youthful self who says that she's higher off lifeless. Then, Anna wakes from her nightmare and thrashes the room in frustration. Up on the funeral home, Eliot arranges the plant life for Mrs. Whitehall's funeral and calls Jack to help him, who concept that it is Ms. Taylor's funeral. As Eliot enters the morgue, he gets infuriated through the mess Anna made. meanwhile, Paul wakes up from a nightmare wherein Anna holds her beating coronary heart in her palms as she bleeds. again within the morgue, Eliot hangs Anna's funeral dress and leaves to go back a health facility stretcher. She steals his keys and attempts to open the doorways whilst Eliot fills his fuel tank on his manner domestic. while Anna opens the the front doors, Eliot arrives simply in time so she runs back inner. She grabs a knife in defense and finds the doorways locked once more so she runs upstairs. by accident, she drops the knife which Eliot hears and follows the sound. Anna manages to call a under the influence of alcohol Paul, who solutions and thinks that he is being pranked so he ends it right away. Eliot reveals Anna and says that he is the simplest person who can pay attention her and that she's best hurting Paul. The scared female nevertheless refuses to consider him, so he shows her a mirror in which she sees her corpse-like mirrored image.