Colonel Pyncheon wants to build a house on land that belongs to Matthew Maule. When Matthew Maule is executed for witchcraft, Pyncheon takes the land. He builds a house, which he calls the House of the Seven Gables. However, unexpected events occur and the House of the Seven Gables becomes a haunted house. The sins of the past follow the Pyncheon family for many decades; until the arrival of a young woman from the country brings cheer to cheerless lives in the family and to the rooms of the house. Will the curse of the family come to an end?
Colonel Pyncheon wants to build a house on land that belongs to Matthew Maule. When Matthew Maule is executed for witchcraft, Pyncheon takes the land. He builds a house, which he calls the House of the Seven Gables. However, unexpected events occur and the House of the Seven Gables becomes a haunted house. The sins of the past follow the Pyncheon family for many decades; until the arrival of a young woman from the country brings cheer to cheerless lives in the family and to the rooms of the house. Will the curse of the family come to an end?