The plot is based on the Indian folk legend about a female spirit/witch who abducts men at night when they are alone and only leaves their clothes behind. The residents of a town named Chanderi believe in the spirit of an angry woman, referred to as “Stree”, who stalks men and whisks them away during the four days of a religious festival every year, causing many disappearances. To protect the residents, “O Stree, come tomorrow” is written in Hindi with bats blood on the entrances of all homes and men are advised to not roam alone after 10 pm during the festive season, and move in groups for safety a parallel of instructions women are usually told to follow for their own safety.
