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The host of a popular paranormal podcast is sent hidden messages within anonymous recordings, unleashing a demonic presence that is impossible to escape.

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Masterfully using negative space and unsettling audio to build its creeping dread, undertone erupts as a diabolically immersive aural nightmare.

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Despite an original premise and an effective unsettling atmosphere undertone delivers a somewhat muted horror experience that may appeal to fans of slow-burn, moody fare.

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

Mar 20

Minimalism and maximalism can’t coexist, at least not here. Instead, “Undertone” is like getting to the climactic moment of your favorite horror podcast, only to have the terrifying impetus interrupted by a Squarespace ad.

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Maxwell Rabb

Chicago Reader

Mar 19

As Undertone crescendoed through its final act, I found myself pleading for Evy to thrust off her headphones. But Tuason’s successfully nerve-racking film relentlessly suffocates within its inescapable, eerie soundscape.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

Mar 18

3/4

Tuason conducts "Undertone" to a fever pitch, a maelstrom of sound and fury that is spookily effective, if frustratingly nonspecific.

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Cain Noble-Davies

FILMINK (Australia)

1d

14/20

… legitimately terrifying to watch.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

1d

4/5

This unique horror movie relies largely on clever sound design and a limited setting, but it still conjures up a world of sympathetic characters, a strong story, and spine-chilling scares.

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

1d

B

Undertone did affect me and it's a great exercise in horror technique, but it also stumbles in examining its main themes, despite a great performance from Nina Kiri.

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Esteban

3h

I feel like the movie didn’t make any sense. The whole plot is a total mix and it takes you nowhere. I didn’t expect much cause it’s already a horror movie, but I was hoping it would offer a big scary scene at the end.

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Caden

6h

it is a very slow movie. that isn't a problem, but it does get a little too slow at times. The sound design is great and probably the highlight of the movie.

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Chuck M

8h

i felt the film did not satisfy the build up and environment it initiated. no payoff. unlikable main character as written. a swing and a miss.

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Nataly

9h

Ending was too elusive.

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Christopher

9h

Very disturbing and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time!

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vivian

12h

eerie but not scary, throughout the movie youre waiting for the scary parts and it just never happens.

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Synopsis

The host of a popular paranormal podcast is sent hidden messages within anonymous recordings, unleashing a demonic presence that is impossible to escape.

Director: Ian Tuason
Producer: Cody Calahan, Dan Slater
Screenwriter: Ian Tuason, Ian Tuason
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Black Fawn Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 13, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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