A serial killer's curse unleashes a season of slaughter in the backwoods of Mississippi. According to an ancient Guatemalan tradition, parents teach their children to allay their troubles by telling them to handmade "worry dolls" just before bedtime. But when several of these talismans-which once belonged to a notorious mass murderer-find their way into the hands of unsuspecting residents of a small Southern town, it sets off a grisly wave of bloodshed.