What if your family’s dream home came with a permanent, and very spooky, resident? The Presley family, led by father Frank Anthony Mackie, discovers just that when they move into a charming but eerie fixer-upper and find it is already occupied by a silent, mournful ghost named Ernest David Harbour. While Frank sees a viral sensation and a path to fame, his teenage son Kevin Niles Fitch forms an unexpected bond with the spectral housemate, seeking to uncover the mystery of Ernest’s past. Their quest quickly spirals into a nationwide adventure, drawing the attention of eager media personalities like psychic Jennifer Coolidge and putting them in the crosshairs of a secretive government agency led by a determined official Tig Notaro. Blending family-friendly scares with heartfelt humor and supernatural mystery, this adventure from director Christopher Landon explores the lengths one family will go to protect a friend who just happens to be a ghost, before he is lost to the shadows forever.