A U.S. Army veteran goes out of his way to make his neighbors feel welcome, but when a child's birthday gift goes missing, it takes only 37 days for the friendships to end in a killing spree.

A single woman and her two young sons believe they have found a perfect new apartment, but their overbearing landlord and neighbor soon turns their idyllic situation into a living hell of arguments and intimidation that finally ends in bloodshed.