Scary clowns are huge right now, thanks to the movie "It" and a weirdly high number of psychopaths currently running around.

And you know who's loving it? Burger King. They feel like it's hurting Ronald McDonald and the McDonald's brand.

They're so happy about the scary clown trend that they just announced they'll give you a free Whopper on Halloween if you come to some of their stores dressed as a clown.

They're only officially doing it at five stores in Massachusetts, Florida, California, Texas, and Utah but if you show up dressed as a psycho clown anywhere else, maybe they'll just give you free food so you'll go away.

Read more at Adweek.

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