Kids debate whether or not a legend of a missing kid is true. Ethan Hawke emerges from a can, dropping groceries and his hat, laughing in front of a kid. He's a "art time magician." His face has white paint on it. He asks, "Woud you like to see a magic trick?" Cut to the kid's school and the kids are informed that Finney Blake has been abducted. In a basement, the boy tries to use a black phone but is greeted by Hawke's character in a white devil mask. He is unbothered and not worried about the kid attempting to defend himself. He gets a call later and another boy declares," Don't hang up," as his bloodied ghost spirit stands beside him. The kids who were previously victims of this man are trying to help him escape. His friend, outside, trres to find him. Bottles are launched from nothing across the room, shattering on the wall around the boy still locked in the creepy, dark, brown basement. The spirits over the phone encourage the boy to use the phone as a weapon. He has to stand up for himself and he tries to leave, right out the front door, but there is a lock. The man wakes up, with his eye showing through the mask.