--- title: Bird Box Challenge Emerges After Netflix Movie's Release description: Netflix's horror film 'Bird Box,' has inspired viewers to launch a challenge that parallels the characters' blindfold struggles in the film. canonical: https://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-02T19:35:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:39.917Z og:title: Don't Look Now But There's a 'Bird Box Challenge' og:description: Get your blindfolds ready og:url: https://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50eb50a29c81e721/69893d5c929fad1278bf1e6e/screen-shot-2018-10-24-at-4-28-05-pm.png?branch=production&width=956&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 956 og:image:height: 538 og:image:alt: Bird-Box-Trailer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Don't Look Now But There's a 'Bird Box Challenge' twitter:description: Get your blindfolds ready twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50eb50a29c81e721/69893d5c929fad1278bf1e6e/screen-shot-2018-10-24-at-4-28-05-pm.png?branch=production&width=956&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Don't Look Now, But People Are Doing the 'Bird Box Challenge' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 2, 2019 7:35 PM UTC  Netflix  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 2, 2019 7:35 PM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for _Bird Box_. [Netflix](http://time.com/5484106/too-much-netflix-content/)‘s latest horror film, [_Bird Box_](http://time.com/5433710/bird-box-trailer-a-quiet-place/), has thrilled its viewers — enthralling some so much, that they’re recreating the blindfolded struggle that [Sandra Bullock](http://time.com/5482632/sandra-bullock-on-stephen-colbert/)‘s protagonist, Malorie, and her two small children experience as they attempt to travel to a safe haven by river without seeing the terrifying creature that is driving everyone around them to take their own lives. With the #BirdBoxChallenge, which emerged after the film’s release in December 2018, viewers blindfold themselves like Malorie and her children, with one person often guiding them blind as Malorie did. As might be expected, there’s plenty of potential for viewers to get hurt while wandering around with a blindfold on, something that Netflix is cautioning fans of the movie who are attempting to do the #BirdBoxChallenge. The streaming giant took to their Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to implore viewers to exercise appropriate discretion and to “not end up in the hospital due to memes.” > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1080525103593512962) Ahead of Netflix’s announcement, however, there were plenty of people who were determined to try out the #BirdBoxChallenge, often with hilarious — and cringeworthy results. > [](https://twitter.com/sosomyaaa/status/1078167201016922115) > [](https://twitter.com/rwharris95/status/1077753608177963008) > [](https://twitter.com/mrxoutstanding/status/1080537613239533568) > [](https://twitter.com/THOMAS%5FRE89/status/1077361603518124033) > [](https://twitter.com/DreadHeadMarLee/status/1077018153274744832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/"},"headline":"Don't Look Now, But People Are Doing the 'Bird Box Challenge'","datePublished":"2019-01-02T19:35:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:39.917Z","description":"Get your blindfolds ready","url":"https://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50eb50a29c81e721/69893d5c929fad1278bf1e6e/screen-shot-2018-10-24-at-4-28-05-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50eb50a29c81e721/69893d5c929fad1278bf1e6e/screen-shot-2018-10-24-at-4-28-05-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bird-Box-Trailer","caption":"","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/","name":"Don't Look Now, But People Are Doing the 'Bird Box Challenge'"}}]}] ```