小镇脱衣舞娘贝利与退伍丈夫生活拮据，为给襁褓中的女儿过一个像样的圣诞节，二人密谋抢劫她打工的脱衣舞俱乐部。不料行动当晚黑帮大佬恰好到访，抢劫计划全面失控，这对底层夫妻被迫卷入黑道混战，求财之路直接变成生死逃亡。

A struggling writer finds herself at the center of the story she is covering when brutally attacked by a notorious cult leader and mass murderer, a man who exerts an inexplicable control over his followers.