After getting added to Netflix in the United States recently, the 2019 thriller I See You is prompting plenty of questions from its audience with several people asking what ‘phrogging’ is and its meaning
While 2019’s I See You may not have been a successful one during its theatrical runs as it just earned $1.1 million against the budget of $5 million. Now the thriller is earning plenty of attention after it is all set to come to Netflix in the United States.
I See You left its fans checking every nook and cranny of their own homes after the chilling film highlighted the horrifying phenomenon which is known as phrogging but exactly what does this creepy act mean?
What is the meaning of phrogging in the movie I See You
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I See you plot preview
The show stars Helen Hunt and Jon Tenney, I See You is a story of Jackie and Greg Harper. The lives of both get turned upside down when a police detective Greg has been tasked to investigate a case that bears a striking resemblance to one 15 years earlier that involved the murder of six young boys.
What is Phrogging in I see you?
Phrogging is an act of living secretly in another person’s home without their knowledge. Harpers might be forgiven for thinking that their home is currently inhabited by ghosts but they are victims of a pair of phroggers, Mindy and Alec, who are homeless and they have been hiding in the family’s house.
Mindy is experienced and also stays hidden when the family is at home but Alec decides to mess with Harpers and try ways to make them believe that they are either going insane or their house is having ghosts. Phrogging has been named as a person who engages in an act that would typically move quickly from house to house, just like a frog leapfrogging from one pad of lily to the next one.
The phenomenon has regularly appeared in scary stories like those on the No Sleep subreddit or Jezebel’s reader-submitted spooky tales with the tell-tale signs of a phrogger which include missing food or some ugly strange voices.
Phrogging back in the spotlight
Phrogging plays a small role in I See You, this isn’t the very first-time television fans will come across the bizarre act of the phrogging. In 2022, this phenomenon has earned plenty of attention after the release of Phrogging: Hider In My House, which was a true-crime documentary from Lifetime that lifted the lid on the chilling act.
Total 10-episode series delves into first-hand accounts of the survivors of phrogging and it helps to explore their most skin-crawling and twisted stories, from the shocking surprises in the attic to vengeful exes turning the homeowner’s life into a living hell.
I See You is presently available to stream on Netflix in the US.