Several years after the end of the Civil War, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell), known as "The Hangman," is escorting fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh). During their journey, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a Black former Union soldier turned bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a Southern renegade who claims to be the town's new sheriff. Due to a blizzard, they are all forced to take refuge in a store called "Minnie's," where, through deception, they are drawn into a very dangerous situation.