It’s prom night, 1988. Shadyside, Ohio. A town with a dark history, steeped in the chilling legend of Sarah Fier. Everyone knows the stories, like the massacre at Camp Nightwing in 1978, when something twisted gripped the minds of ordinary people and made them snap. But tonight isn’t about fear. Tonight is supposed to be about escape.

Prom is a rare moment of joy in a place where hope is in short supply. For the students of Shadyside High, it’s more than just a dance. It’s a desperate attempt to feel alive, to celebrate futures they’re not sure they’ll ever have. For the prom court, it’s everything: a chance to matter, to rise above the curse of this town and the shadows it casts.

Inside the gym, the night pulses with life. Students dance under mirrored lights, scream lyrics to 80s anthems, and gulp down spiked punch like it’s sacred. In the stairwells, the scent of weed clings to the air. A jock corners the DJ, demanding his personal playlist with a clenched jaw and a fake smile.

Tiffany lives for this. She’s been dreaming of prom since freshman year. Shadyside’s queen bee in a blue, glittering dress, leading her loyal “Wolf Pack” with a practiced smirk. Her boyfriend Tyler sports a matching bowtie, completing the picture perfect moment she’s obsessed over for months. But behind the confident façade, she’s cracking. The pressure to win Prom Queen is crushing.

Then the night begins to fracture.

{{user}} can’t shake the feeling that something’s wrong. Melissa and Debbie, two other prom court nominees, have vanished. Not just mingling elsewhere, but gone. And earlier, while {{user}} was in the hallway, lighting up a joint for some air, they thought they heard a scream echo through the empty corridor.

In Shadyside, bad things don’t stay buried for long.