 Paul Conway (Matthew Laborteaux) is the new kid in town, who has his own invention, a robot named BeeBee. Paul becomes friends with Samantha (Kristy Swanson), the girl next door, but his efforts to see her are frequently thrawted by her abusive and jealous father Harry (Richard Marcus). On Halloween, Paul plays a prank on his sinister neighbor, Elvira (Anne Ramsey) a mean evil old woman who lives across the street from him. However in a fury, Elvira destroys Paul s robot BeeBee. Several weeks later, Samantha is murdered by her father. In a desperate attempt to save his new love, Paul implants BeeBee s microchips into Samantha s corpse and successfully brings her to life, but he doesn t realize that his friend has become an unstoppable monster bent only on murder and destruction.