The film was directed by Barbara Stepansky and stars Melora Walters, William Mapother, Sofia Vassilieva, and Jackson Rathbone.

Widowed Helen Coltrane (Melora Walters), along with her teenage son, Conrad (Jackson Rathbone) and daughter Lenore, are given shelter by her reclusive and quirky gun-loving brother-in-law, Daryl.

As they grapple with the reality of their shattered, altered life and twist of fate, coincidence steps in with a seemingly lovely foster child, Sarah (Sofia Vassilieva), who appears touting a story that Helen's husband had pledged to take her in.

Lenore's pet duckling is found murdered; Conrad's girlfriend goes missing; Sarah attempts to lure one of the local wild wolves into the junkyard with a piece of raw meat; and someone uses Daryl's new video camera to film Helen in the shower.

Lenore makes it back to the yard in time to save her mother, and although Conrad has been crushed under his art installation, he is still alive.