Come one, come all.
The show's about to begin. Joe Hill follows a bickering family in a white Econoline van as a desert detour off Interstate 70 strands them at a sinister roadside attraction.
The black tent promises classic sideshow thrills with a gruesome turn: performers in smeared clown makeup stalk their frantic prey beneath the spotlight. The story tracks every bizarre act through the mobile updates of a bored teenager typing frantic dispatches from the dark.
A makeshift grandstand surrounds travelers with ravenous ghouls and deadly stunts before the black tent plunges into chaos. Step right up for the Circus of the Dead: where YOU are the concessions. #CircusoftheDead
Zombies: Rotted corpses in oversized clown shoes parade into the ring, held at bay only by handlers with steel-collared poles.Carnival of Horrors: A lethal sideshow lineup features fire-swallowers with steel headgear and a spinning wooden wheel target for hatchet-throwing ghouls.Race Against Time: Unwary audience members realize too late that the exits are sealed and the severed limbs flying into the bleachers are not stage props.Also by This Author: NOS4A2, The Fireman and Heart Shaped Box.
