After leaving her husband, Ellen Foster meets a mysterious journalist in New Orleans with whom she quickly begins a passionate affair. In the midst of Mardi Gras celebrations, the relationship begins to unravel as Ellen realizes that things are not as they seem and learns that her life is in danger.

Successful businessman Melvin Dovereux is caught in a traffic jam caused by a funeral procession. Soon he is haunted by visions of a hearse chasing him and a woman in a sports car. Could the funeral procession actually be for him?