Two young employees, Larry and Richard, are invited to their boss Bernie's beach house for the weekend. They arrive to find Bernie dead, but instead of reporting it, they decide to pretend that he is alive to cover up their involvement in his death. They spend the weekend attempting to maintain the charade, leading to a series of hilarious and slapstick situations.
In 'Weekend at Bernie's II', Larry and Richard are back with a new plan to recover hidden money. However, things get complicated when they accidentally reanimate Bernie's corpse and end up on a wild chase through the Virgin Islands. Along the way, they encounter voodoo, a goat, a love interest, and plenty of comedic mishaps.