A gravedigger at the Pine Hill Cemetery, in his hometown of Dyersville, Charlie Loomis starts his day as any other digging a fresh grave with his workmate Bill Myers. Except on this particular day the people he has worked so hard to put into the ground are returning to life. The dead are rising, Charlie must flee for his life while trying to save the life of a young girl and find his wife and son. Injured and in shock charley encounters an unlikely ally named Archibald jones, can a local doctor turned mad man be his savior?Relive the nightmare as Charlie chronicles his experiences alone with the living dead.