Two detectives are investigating a robbery in which $300,000 was taken. Their investigation leads them to the main player and they find the cash, but one of them has meanwhile fallen hard for a woman with expensive tastes, and though he desperately wants to keep her, he knows that a cop's salary isn't going to be enough for her.

Straight-laced, type-A personality Joy Miles has to take an unscheduled road trip to drive her forgetful, yet opinionated, mother-in-law, Loraine, from Louisville, Kentucky to Savannah, Georgia. Although initially impatient and frustrated, Joy begins to realize her true affection for Loraine as she takes a front-seat-view of how this strong-willed yet free-spirited woman manages the emotional transition of learning to live life after losing her spouse. Despite their many differences, and with light-hearted adventures at every turn, they discover how much they respect and even need each other.

某大学实验室，在一次针对爱尔兰中世纪文化的考古过程中，谢拉·惠兰教授（马歇尔·贝尔 Marcelle Baer 饰）和助手们偶然发现一个制作精巧的盒子。他们小心打开盒子，却发现里面竟是一颗丑陋怪异的头颅。更为恐怖的是，头颅发出恐怖的吼叫，致令实验室的器材遭到破坏，现场的人员也受到不同程度的损害。然而一切还未结束，他们仓促鲁莽的举止释放了已沉睡近两百年的恐怖女妖。谢拉和他的助手从此被女妖所跟踪，恐怖的事件接连发生。根据爱尔兰的古老传说，凡是听到女妖喊叫的人，必将不久于人世……

公关人员斯图（柯林•法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰）在外面瞒着妻子有一个秘密情人，为了躲避妻子的电话单检查，这天他又偷偷溜到街上公用电话亭准备打电话约会情人。不料，在他进入电话亭的一刹那，电话铃响了。虽然不知是谁打的电话，出于习惯，斯图拿起了听筒。阴沉单调的男 声随即响起，警告斯图不要挂掉，否则将血溅街头！斯图当然没有理会这恶作剧般的警告，正要走出电话亭。这时，一声枪响，一名路人已经倒在地上。斯图吓得魂飞魄散，动也不敢动。警察闻讯而来，然而他们对斯图的解释怎么也不相信，斯图还成了枪击案的主要嫌疑人。一时间，全城轰动，斯图的妻子和情人都闻讯赶来了……