A picture-perfect middle-class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the neighbor. As other slights befall her beloved family, the body count begins to increase, and the police get closer to the truth, threatening the family's picture-perfect world.
The film is based on "true" events that occured prior to the telling of said events in the release year, and these events begin on Friday, May 14th, which happens in 1993.
May 15, 1993
Beverly goes to the pawn shop...
May 16, 1993
Beverly goes to church...
Oct 4, 1993
Set five months later, on Monday, October 4th during Beverly's trial.
Oct 5, 1993
Memorabilia is sold and the trial continues on Tuesday, October 5th, 1993.