这是一部南方玄色惊悚片，故事产生在一个布满暴力动荡不安的密西西比小镇，一个女人和她年幼的女儿卷进了一场威士忌、枪枝和复仇交叉的杂乱中。

一对佳耦搬到小镇居住，有人私行闯进他们的家。妃耦自此捕风捉影，似乎身旁所有人都是还有图谋。

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes i…