The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home, but Stitches revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.

Eighteen-year-old Alex is in the throes of his transition. When his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their identity he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone.