After a whirlwind romance and a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine and the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his country estate, Manderley. But the unsettling memory of Rebecca, the first Mrs de Winter, still lingers within.
The timid bride must overcome her husband's oppressive silences and the sullen hostility of the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers, to confront the emotional horror of the past.