When Quinn and her father move to the struggling farming town of Kettle Springs, the town’s eerie legend about Frendo — a clown mascot turned murderous spectre suddenly comes alive. Teens start disappearing one by one, and the rural community’s dark past turns into a bloody present as the killer clown stalks them in the cornfields.
A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.