In Salem-era America, teenage puppet-maker Elias Vale is accused of witchcraft and burned alive in his workshop while finishing his masterpiece. Using forbidden alchemy, he transfers his soul into the puppet, surviving for centuries until antique-loving principal Dr. Lenora Wren brings him home. Elias quietly breaks her mind, possesses her living body, and becomes the monster his persecutors feared. Now, with Lenora as his first host, he plans to create six more dolls and find new bodies to claim.