在这部蓝眸屠夫惊悚/恐怖/犯罪片中,Susan Wright(Sara Paxton)拥有童话般的完美生活－－英俊的丈夫Jeff(Justin Bruening)、可爱的孩子、亲密的家人和朋友、衣食无忧的生活。可是在Susan和Jeff结婚的第六个年头，有人在他们家的后院里发现了Jeff的尸体。警方指控Susan谋杀了丈夫，令整个社区为之震惊。警方的调查报告称，Susan先是将丈夫引诱到卧室里，然后将他捆绑起来，残忍地连刺他200多刀，最后匆匆忙忙地收拾了犯罪现场。在庭审过程中，Susan向法官、陪审团和公诉人辩称自己长期受到虐待，做出暴力行为纯粹是因为自卫（保护自己和孩子），是一种“精神受虐”的自然反应。Kelly Siegler(Lisa Edelstein)认为她这中说法只是为了推脱罪责－－这位看似纯真可爱、美艳无双的家庭主妇实际上是精神变态的反社会者，想用自己的美貌来逃避谋杀指控……
Texas beauty Susan Wright appeared to have a fairytale life with an adoring husband, Jeff, two beautiful kids, and close family and friends. But in 2003, six years into their marriage, the fairy tale crumbles when Jeff is found dead and buried in the backyard of their suburban home. The close-knit community is shocked as police accuse Susan of pre-meditated murder -- luring her husband into the bedroom, tying him up and violently stabbing him almost 200 times before haphazardly cleaning up the crime scene. As Jeff's family reels from the devastating news, Susan begins to mount her aggressive defense; that she needed to kill Jeff out of self-preservation for herself and her children after years of physical and mental abuse. But prosecutor Kelly Siegler is skeptical of her defense and forcefully argues she is a cunning, doe-eyed sociopath, who has used her good looks to try to get away with anything in life -- even murder.
