Lucy Jacobs is a small-town girl who has started her freshman year at a big-city university. When Lucy returns home for Thanksgiving break, she suspects she is about to get turkey dropped: dumped by her high school sweetheart.

Frustrated with the lack of chivalrous guys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts instead.

Depois que Grace e seus amigos ignoram as advertências de uma lenda urbana local, eles desencadeiam uma criatura horrível conhecida como Never Knock, que usa seus piores medos para perseguir e matá-los um a um.