简介：Adecadeafterhermother'smurder,RileyCanterburymustreturnhome,afterherneglectful,carnivalownerfatherhasgonemissing.ShesoonrealizesthingsinthissmallNewEnglandtownaremuchstrangerandsinisterthansheremembered.10yearsafterthegruesomemurderofhermother,Riley,now25,isbarelyskatingbyinherrundownLosAngelesapartment.Uponreceivingwordthatherfather,Ethan,towhomshe'sbarelyspokensincehesentherofftoboardingschool,hasgonemissing,shepacksherbagsandheadsbacktothefarmshegrewupon.Uponherreturn,shereconnectswithEric,aboyfriendfromherearlyteens,andtouchstonetothechildhoodsheleftbehind.Onthefarm,UncleJacobisboardingJonathan,auniversityprofessoronsabbaticaltochroniclethehistoryoftheCanterburyCarnival,aswellas,sixofthecarnival'sperformers,livinginthebarnastheypreparedtogoontheroadagain.AsRileyreacquaintsherselfwithhersurroundings,themysterious,brashDetectiveDamian,arrivesonthefarmashisinvestigationintoEthan'sdisappearancecontinues.WhileDamianrevealsstrangecircumstancessurroundingEthan'sdisappearance,JonathanapproachesEricwithhistheoryofanoccultpresenceplaguingtheCanterburyCarnival.Theconnectionbetweenthemissingpersoncaseandtheoccultseemfancifulatbest,untilterrifyingdreamsbegintopermeatethemindsofEric,JonathanandRiley.Astheseterrifyingdreamstakeovertheirunconscious,strangeeventsbeginentertheirwakinglife.Thelinkbetweenthecarnivalperformersandthesupernaturalbecomesundeniable,followingtheirparticipationinritualsacrifice.Whatremainstobeanswerediswhotheyareserving,whytheyaredoingitandwhatithastodowithEthan'sdisappearance.Allisansweredinabloody,moonlitshowdownonthefarmwhereeverythingbegan.…