The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.
一名童养媳长大后成了一位神秘寡妇,掌管整个家庭的她内心藏有一个痛苦的过去,而她村里的男子遭受着死于超自然力量的厄运。