A mountain village circulates the legend that when a fox marries off its daughter, someone must die. At midnight, the weeping wedding suona horns sound, and carpenter Lin Kui's family successively encounters strange events like paper shoes and a bride's shadow. Pregnant wife Zhao Guihua suffers from constant nightmares, Old Mrs. Lin spreads fox fairy retribution, Aunt Zhang adds fuel to the fire, and the Lin family is isolated by the entire village. Lin Kui does not believe in ghosts and gods, and secret investigations find clues pointing to Cheng San, who has an old grudge. After his wife shows signs of premature labor, Lin Kui sets a trap and ambush, exposing Cheng San's conspiracy of fabricating supernatural phenomena and inciting villagers due to a land dispute. In the end, Cheng San is captured, Guihua safely gives birth, and the villagers wake up.