iMessage-style creepy text story: Wrong number, right house
A ready iMessage-style chat for a creepy message from an unknown number, eight messages long and about 27 seconds as a video. Load it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The script: Wrong number, right house
Load Wrong number, right house and you get eight messages: Unknown starts with "Hello Mia. Did you lock the back door?", Mia closes with "I am calling someone.", and the read-through takes roughly 27 seconds.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 6 at 9 words, the shortest is message 2. Three questions give the scene its back-and-forth. You can change any line or name once the sample is open in the editor.
How the iMessage look carries the story
Green bubbles mean plain text messages in the real app, but ChatsRat draws one look, so keep the colours in mind if your story depends on blue versus green. Free accounts can use iMessage without paying. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks and reactions; missing: an online status. Bubbles have a small tail on the last message of a run, and runs from one person group together, so three quick lines read as one thought. The editor has a drawn iMessage look for this.
Writing notes: creepy unknown number
Build dread with ordinary information that is subtly wrong: the wrong day, the wrong room, the wrong name. The viewer's brain does the rest. Put "fiction" in the caption so no one mistakes it for a real threat, and never include a real phone number.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Mia's "I did not leave it on." is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "I am calling someone.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "It is a nice kitchen." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Unknown's "Hello Mia. Did you lock the back door?" alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- Dark mode helps. A creepy story reads better on a dark screen, and a dark look also hides the compression of a small video.
- Swap Mia and Unknown for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
- Shorten "Who is this?" if you read it slower than the others.
Questions
Can I use Wrong number, right house on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The iMessage look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest of the script needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is Wrong number, right house as a video?
About 27 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card and a little more if you use a typing indicator before the last line.
Is it safe to post a scary chat story?
Yes, if it is clearly fiction, non-graphic and free of real people, real numbers or places. Add "fiction" to the caption.
Is this iMessage-style chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented story between Mia and Unknown, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by iMessage, and the name describes a style only. Label the video as fiction.
This is fiction. The people and events in this story are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.
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