The film concerns six college students; Ashlee "Ash" Williams, her best friend Cassidy Morris, her brother Kyle Morris, his girlfriend Ellie Howe, her friend Sabrina Blair and her boyfriend Matt Hannigan. It is spring break, so they have decided to take a trip to a secluded cabin located on Crystal Lake. The cabin sits on a piece of land cut off from the rest of the world by a creek which can only be crossed on a rickety old bridge. The gang nervously drive across it, fearful of it's possible collapse.