edit scriptwriter david sumner and his wife amy, an actress, relocate to rural mississippi where amy grew up. they are going to live in the house of amy''s recently deceased father to allow david to finish a script. while in town one afternoon, david meets amy''s ex-boyfriend charlie and his three friends, norman, chris, and bic. david is intimidated by the men, but they have already been hired to fix the roof of the barn on amy''s property. he also meets tom heddon, an alcoholic former high school football coach whose 15-year-old cheerleader daughter janice is in love with a local man with an intellectual disability, jeremy niles. heddon often bullies jeremy and believes that he is stalking his daughter. charlie and his friends arrive early the next morning to work on the roof. they taunt david, which later escalates into harassment. they also make crude remarks toward amy and play loud meaning in Norwegian