Get a Freaky Text? Don't Worry It Was THE BLACK PHONE 2

In June, many entertainment nerds checked their phones to discover a rather eerie text—that felt like… something out of a horror movie. The text of this mysterious outreach read, “Hello YOUR NAME – the phone is ringing again. Are you going to answer?” (Or, in my case, “Hello Rotem – the phone is ringing again. Are you going to answer?”) After it was done threatening me with a phone call, this text message added a video with an unsettling black and white cover image, which featured three pictures of young boys. No further context came with this video message unless I pressed play. It’s also worth noting that the text came from a totally ordinary phone number that brought up nothing when googled.

Uhm… Was this absolutely terrifying? Did I think that if I pressed play, I’d see some sort of h