Ryan Boone, a high school senior in 1979, is at a New Year’s Eve party. He talks his three friends, Chad, Dennis and Alan, into going to an old house that is rumored to be haunted. Ryan, along with his friends, break into the old house. Ryan and Chad find a tunnel in the basement that leads to a building downtown. Reaching the other end of the tunnel, they follow the streets back to the party, only to find there is no party. At a convenience store, they meet Nathan and Nicole Vaughn. Ryan and Nicole are immediately smitten with each other. Ryan and Chad end up at Nathan and Nicole’s house where they eventually realize that they have traveled 40 years into the future..