The Para sweatshirt and Colby pants.
Eight Truly Terrifying Notifications and Their Horror Movie Equivalents
Warning: These texts, emails, and calendar invites will haunt you.
Did that scare you? I’m guessing not—so let’s try something a little more frightening:
Nothing sends shivers down my spine like a last-minute calendar invite with no context. And at 8am?! Well that’s just plain cursed. I surveyed my coworkers, and we all agreed that there are some common texts, emails, and Slacks that are universally terrifying. So for a spooky treat, here are eight truly haunted notifications—and their horror movie equivalents.
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Out-of-context “Call me” text from mom.
Horror movie equivalent: The ominous music right before the jump scare.
“Action required” in the subject line.
Horror movie equivalent: You’re the only one who can defeat the monster.
The Lagarde shirt.
Your manager replies to your Slack with “K.”
Horror movie equivalent: Getting framed for murder.
“Can we talk?” text from pretty much anyone.
Horror movie equivalent: The one person you trusted turns out to be the killer.
Slack that just says “Hey” with no additional content.
Horror movie equivalent: A menacing note slipped under your front door.
The Woolf jardigan and Curie pants.
“Quick question!” that you know won’t be quick.
Horror movie equivalent: You foolishly go into the basement to investigate the sound.
When you can see that they’re typing, but they never send the message.
Horror movie equivalent: The person you’ve been hanging out with actually died years ago.
Any voicemail ever.
Horror movie equivalent: The call is coming from inside the house.
