In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the land to keep the family working for them, putting the transfer of the land in doubt.
A group of college students discovers that an urban legend is not a myth and release a deadly spirit, housed in an intelligent bird whose mission is to seek revenge on the descendants of their ruthless and heartless ancestors.