Basinger plays a suburban housewife who is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs.

It was written and directed by film producer Susan Montford based on a short story by Edward Bryant which was originally an episode of the TV series The Hidden Room in 1993.

On Christmas Eve, suburban housewife Della Myers gets into an argument with her abusive husband Kenneth.

After putting her two children to bed, she drives to the mall to buy some wrapping paper and cards.

After some time, the thugs corner and threaten her by name, as they had found her drivers license in her purse in her car.

In the process of chasing her, Tomás accidentally steps on Huey, who falls through a construction site and dies from a broken neck.

After some hide and seek in the woods, Della beats and finally kills Tomás with a lug wrench.

[1] According to the L.A. Weekly, it is a "surprisingly enjoyable female revenge tale", describing Basinger's performance as "first-rate" despite "a laughably check-listed, multi-culti band of thugs".

[4] Bitch magazine dismissed much about the film, saying it "has an ample amount of cheezy genre conventions, problems with pacing, a gaggle of silly villains, huge plot holes and bad production values" but added that it is "really rather fascinating – and notable – as a horror/thriller that actually gives a damn about the female character it puts in harm's way.