Nina Kiri

Adam DiMarco

Keana Bastidas

Jeff Yung

Michèle Duquet

Ryan Turner

Ari Millen

Marisol D’Andrea

Austin Tuason

Seled Calderon

Bianca Nugara

Jayda Woods

Sarah Beaudin

Christina Notto

Ian Tuason

Dan Slater

Cody Calahan

Chad Archibald

Daril Fannin

Brit MacRae

Anthony Eu

Douglas Lee

Al Akdari

Charles Bern

Mathew Sterling

David Sproat

Rod Hafezi

Graham Beasley

Sonny Atkins

Ian Bender

Mercedes Coyle

Kayla Craig

Natalia Andrea Pozo

Dane Kelly

Michael James Regan

Melodie Austria

Shanika Lewis-Waddell

David Gertsman

Jon Lawless

Dustin Rabin

Roy Lee

Steven Schneider

Ben Ross

Steph Copeland

Brian Hamilton

Lucas MacKay

Gio Lucero

Martin Ortega

Dillon Baldassero

Aj McLauchlin

Daniel L. Goldenberg

Thomas W. Choong

Stuart Manashil

Luke Maxwell

Will Rowbotham

Sara Taylor

Ashley Hallihan

Hayley Greenough

Diana Bahirian

Thomas Brodeur

Jonathan Gomez

Levi Linton

Diego Marcone

Martín Scaglia

Lautaro Zamaro

V. Sai Sampath

Richard Servello

Michael Cao

Vats Bhargav

Fabian Cardona

Andrew Ventura

Jack Wiktor

Nancy Nayor

Jasmine Gutierrez

Maryam Mohammed

Adam Gagnon

Daniella Pluchino

Horror

Mystery

undertone

Black Fawn Films

Slaterverse Pictures

KINO Studios

Spooky Pictures

DimensionGate

Feel Everything Productions

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Undertone (2025) delivers a refreshing psychological horror experience by replacing traditional scares with unsettling sound design, emotional trauma, and an eerie atmosphere. Although the film suffers from narrative gaps, unanswered mysteries, and a few logical inconsistencies, its creative use of audio and restrained storytelling keeps the tension engaging throughout. Ultimately, it proves that silence and sound can be just as terrifying as any monster, making it a worthwhile watch for fans of slow-burning psychological horror.

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Nothing new. A little boring.Expected much more whith all the pomp about a movie.Like I said nothing new.Blair witch is much much better with a very lower budget.

Manuel São Bento

Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/undertone-a-deafening-soundscape-muffled-by-familiar-terrors/

Rating: C

Ian Tuason's UNDERTONE is an unforgettable audio-centric debut that boasts a powerhouse performance from Nina Kiri and some of the most suffocating, brilliant sound design I've experienced in years. However, its incredibly fresh podcast-driven concept eventually gets trapped in a repetitive narrative loop and safe, predictable horror tropes. The final act becomes too messy to fully deliver on its heavy themes of caregiver isolation and guilt, but it remains a bold, deeply atmospheric calling card that will absolutely leave people talking.

Dean

The idea was interesting, but first of all movie was very slow. You're waiting that something gonna happen, but nothing scary happens. I think execution was not very good for this kind of movie. Could have been better in my opinion. Overall, it was boring to watch.

The scares do not engage in this movie. It is understated, but far too much to actually pull you in. And since the characters are not worth engaging with, you don't care enough about them to build any true stakes. No true stakes means there can be no true horror. The cast is well directed, but it is too slow to hold interest, and even the ending is a bit of a convoluted mess. I would not recommend this.

Gordon

WOW!
I kept waiting for the director to get something set up and then GO in that direction...But, I waited, and waited..
And nothing.
A big nothing burger of a movie, this is a LOVELY IDEA, but the execution lacks a construct to keep ones interest.

The acting is top notch to be sure, but, it seems wasted on a nowhere script and a confused director.
Not being able to choose between going the way of "haunted audio files" of the inner dynamics of family tumoil when tragedy strikes, it could have been something if a story was anywhere to be found.

CinemaSerf

'Evy' (Nina Kiri) is having an hard time caring for her bed-ridden and comatose mother and her only distraction is a regular podcast she co-hosts with her friend 'Justin'. That deals with all things spooky, with him being the more open-minded and she the sceptic. This week, he has received an enigmatic email containing ten voice notes. As ever, she is hard-wired in hoax mode, but as they plough through the snippets of bedtime conversations between 'Jessa' and 'Mike' they begin to open quite a confusing and sinister can of worms. 'Jessa' claims to have no knowledge of her night-time ramblings, so when they are recorded and she appears to be singing children's nursery rhymes backwards, the intrigue starts to mount - even for the doubtful 'Evy'. Before long we are steeped in the ancient cult of 'Abyzou' whose sole purpose was to feed upon children. Ok, so as far as that goes this could have been quite a tense little mystery, but instead of the pair taking a delve into the occult and the often malevolent nature of the rhymes that frequently portended the coming of evil, or disease, we spend far too long trying to guess what's going on with 'Evy'. Now to be fair, Kiri pretty much holds this together en seul, but the episodic nature of the podcasts and the huge emphasis on the accompanying audio really convinced me that had I closed my eyes and listened, this could have made for a decent fifty minutes radio play. Visually, it offers us very little and though the last ten minutes do breathe some life into it, for the most part this just comes across as a slow burn for the sake of it. It's a fascinating subject to tap into, but like so many other films recently released in this genre, it seems that the insatiable need from cinemas for content has created rather than crafted a production line mentality that spends far too little time on the storytelling and too much on elongating the shortest of short stories into full-length features.

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