Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.
Frendo, un payaso que encarna la gloria desvanecida de un pueblo, regresa como una fuerza siniestra en una localidad del Medio Oeste en decadencia, sembrando terror.