Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed. His vengeful mother forecasts the deaths of the three young men she holds responsible, on 7, 14, and 21 days hence. And, one by one, her grim predictions come true. Next, a ghoulish sound emanates from a mist-shrouded hole in the Earth near where a Missouri boy has lost his dog. The boy's father is lowered into the hole and lets out an agonizing scream! Finally, a senator returning home from a party finds a lost girl on a bridge and learns from her father that she died years earlier

这是一个美国再普通不过的小镇。镇上居民露薇（多莉-帕顿Dolly Parton饰）开了一间美容沙龙，和五个顾客女子特别要好，美容沙龙就成为她们嬉笑怒骂家长里短的场所。虽然性格各异，但六个好友聚在一起，时光总是有趣而又温馨。
谢比尔（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts饰）就是其中一个死党。她患有糖尿病，因此母亲再三劝说她不能生孩子。谢比尔却毅然决定要怀孕生育。她凭着坚强的信念，让孩子顺利诞生，自己却衰竭倒下。母亲承受着白头人送黑头人之痛，谢比尔生前的好友成为了此时此刻的强心针。她们共同度过悲伤的岁月，一起祈求雨过天晴的来临，谢比尔的生命在她们心中一直延续着。