A high school girl's spirits are crushed as she suffers through a humiliating "Cheerleader Initiation Week," but her dreams aren't the only thing in danger when another girl on the squad turns up dead.

Economic collapse causes widespread rioting and social unrest, leaving a lovesick 19-year-old girl struggling to care for her siblings in a stretch of woods bordered by lawless anarchy, wondering why a good God would let this happen.