Remember That Deranged Killer Clown Hoax From 2016? There’s a New Documentary About It

So much has happened over the past decade you’d be forgiven for forgetting one of the weirdest things to emerge out of that pivotal, discombobulating, deranged year 2016: Killer clowns .

Late that summer, a spate of alleged clown sightings in Grenville County, South Carolina snowballed into a social media-fueled firestorm, which now feels like a very distinct indicator of exactly where we were headed as a country. Now, to commemorate the unsavory anniversary of this portentous clown show — and dig into what the hell exactly happened — Hulu is prepping a new documentary, Clown Panic , set to arrive Oct. 12.