A Louisiana Creole people woman digs up a briefcase and drives away. Meanwhile, high school senior, Eden (Agnes Bruckner), and her friends, Rachel (Laura Ramsey), CeCe (Meagan Good), Ricky (Pawel Szajda), Patty (Davetta Sherwood), Tammy (Bijou Phillips), Eric (Jonathan Jackson (actor)), and Sean (D. J. Cotrona) are all hanging out at the local burger joint. Sean's father and local tow truck driver, Ray Sawyer (Rick Cramer) comes by to pick up an order, leading Rachel to comment on how scary he is while Tammy flashes him. After work, Eden and Eric walk home just as Ray drives up and asks if she's alright. When he is sure, he begins to leave when the Creole woman - who is CeCe's grandmother - passes by. She swerves to avoid Ray and nearly falls off the bridge. Ray saves her, but the woman begs him to get the suitcase. As he reaches for it, the car falls off of the bridge and begins to sink into the water below. Upon suddenly opening, several snakes emerge from it and attack Ray. The ambulance arrives to find Ray and CeCe's grandmother dead. CeCe arrives shaken up over the tragedy, and takes a charm that was on her grandmother's corpse. CeCe then surprises Eden and Eric by asking them about Ray.