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After a video of a teenage girl who appears to be possessed starts a viral social media challenge, a professor in a small Midwestern town investigates. Her research uncovers a dark occult mystery that confronts her understanding of what is real. Some secrets are best left abandoned.

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Emily, a professor of digital sociology at a small college in the Midwest, learns that the #hexingschallenge may have started in the town where she lives.

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Emily, a professor of digital sociology at a small college in the Midwest, learns that the #hexingschallenge may have started in the town where she lives.