Undertone (2025)

Original title

undertone

Directed by

Ian Tuason

Genre

horror film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 339 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A skeptical paranormal podcast host moves home to care for her dying mother. When she receives recordings of a couple experiencing strange noises in their house, she is drawn into fear and paranoia. The film tells its horror primarily through sound, with only the main character and her mother appearing on screen.

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What happens

Undertone (stylized in all lower case) is a 2025 Canadian supernatural horror film written and directed by Ian Tuason, in his directorial debut. The film stars Nina Kiri as Evy, a woman who hosts a paranormal podcast with her friend Justin (Adam DiMarco), where she is the skeptic to his believer. After Evy moves back home to become the caregiver to her dying mother (Michèle Duquet), she and Justin are sent recordings of a married couple (Keana Lyn Bastidas and Jeff Yung) experiencing paranormal noises in their home, drawing Evy into fear and paranoia. Evy and her mother are the only characters to be shown on-screen in the film. All other characters are heard as off-screen voices, thus conveying the film's horror through its sound design. Undertone premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by A24 on March 13, 2026, and by VVS Films in Canada. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $22 million against a budget of $500,000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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