A small town loner and a rebellious punk rocker unexpectedly fall in love as they are forced on the run and soon discover violence follows them everywhere.

A woman, once featured as Mother of the Year, is obsessed with owning a new-build house which she imagines will be a cure-all for her dysfunctional family of redneck husband and simple, epileptic daughter. When a doctor and his pregnant wife purchase the property, she employs increasingly dangerous ploys to terrorise the couple into moving out.