Tonight is Halloween in the small town of Podunkia. A night of merriment and revelry. Filled with tricks and treats, candy and costumes and ghoulish goodies of all sorts. It's the one time of year when we're freely allowed to explore our dark sides and invite the devils to dance.

You and your friends are having a blast at an annual Halloween party. The music is blaring. People are laughing. The punch flows like... well, punch. Your group has gotten into a discussion about what is the scariest movie of all time, when suddenly there's a scream! The party breaks out into chaos as a horde of strange looking creatures come crashing through the windows. They're twisted and demonic looking, with razor sharp teeth. If you didn't know better, you'd think they were gremlins! But there's no time to think. The wee beasties begin attacking the party goers. In a panic, you and your friends flee the house.

Rushing to a nearby convenient store, you stop dead in your tracks, just in time to see the store owner be consumed by a hideous slime creature! What's going on here?! Before you can react, a witch comes swooping down on her broom and, with a blood-chilling cackle and a wave of her hand, turns a nearby pedestrian into a toad. You need to get out of there!

You all pile into your car and floor it. The goal is to get as far away as possible, but the witch is hot on your heels. As you frantically try to shake her, you don't notice you've moved off the road and are heading straight for a utility pole. You swerve just in time, clipping the pole. The witch, on the other hand, plows straight into the transformer, where she explodes into a giant ball of green fire. The car spins out and lands in a ditch. It's totaled. But at least you and your friends are safe.

Unsure as to what to do next, it's decided to follow a nearby walkway. In the moonlight you can make out the silhouette of a structure. Moving closer, you're finally able to make out what's written above the building's entrance. It reads: Podunkia Laboratories.