Fear Festival

The Fear Festival, also known as the Dark Carnival, was an event orchestrated by the Insane Clown Posse (ICP), that trapped all residents of Blackport in the city and caused it to become dark and full of terrors for the entire month of october.

On the first of the month, the sun became black and the moon and stars became red. This red light was the only source of "natural" life the city would receive for a month. If anyone tried to leave, their body would slowly rot as they got farther out. Eventually, facepaint would appear on their face, and after that they would become zombies, known as the undead juggalos. Strange carnival game stands appeared scattered throughout the city, ran by undead juggalos (these ones were probably there since the start - not attempted escapees). Of course, nobody played them for a while. But then citizens started going missing. Signs on the stands informed the public that for the missing to return, their family members would have to win a carnival game. The price for losing was undead juggaloification. As well as the games, many standard halloween monsters appeared around the city. Most were passive and there just for show, but occasionally they actively spooked residents out. None of them dealed any fatal damage, though. On the 31st of october, all missing returned and all undead juggalos reverted to their normal state. The ICP revealed themselves as the masterminds behind the fiasco, and fled the city, going on to conduct further spooky shenanigans. The games also disappeared, and the sky returned to normal: Blackport had returned to normal.

During the Fear Festival, nobody could enter Blackport - the same thing happened to those who entered as to those who left. Of course, many tried to save the residents (though in the end it turned out the damage would only be psychological), but the power of the ICP was too strong. Famously, Ultradrill tried to tunnel through the ground to enter the city. This took a while, though - by the time he finished his tunnel and emerged in Blackport, it was the 3rd of november.