Afraid of driving alone at night, an elderly widow named Beverly Crisp keeps a life-sized mannequin she calls Talbot in the passenger seat of her car. Jenny Dressel, a young woman who works at the local gas station, is struggling to keep her desire to kill under control. When teenagers steal Talbot in a prank-gone-wrong, Talbot seeks his revenge, adding to a brutal series of murders in their small desert town. Coming together to search for Talbot, Beverly and Jenny realize they share an evil connection that threatens to destroy many lives.