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R

Mar 2026

1h 25m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Audience Says

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

6d

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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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

16h

In trying to be both high brow and scrappy, ["undertone"] loses steam in both lanes, the commentary it attempts to make so barely there that it feels maddening and more than a little careless.

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Linda Cook

OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)

2d

3 stars

It's a challenging horror movie that has no easy answers.

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Candice McMillan

Seattle Refined

4d

Sensory overload; kudos Undertone.

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Jesse M

24m

Honestly not a horror fan but this movie… wow. Yeah it was cool!

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Ely

5h

Everything you want from a possession film. Amazing use of sound and camerawork to create insane tension and dread.

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MJ

21h

I liked the concept and plot of the movie, and also that there was not any gore, however the ending kind of left things in too much suspense and wanting more. Good movie overall though!

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Ben W

@ourtradingcards 1d

This was a good, not great concept for a movie. It had a chance. But like most horror movies, this writer had no clue how to end this film. So he just rolled credits. I was in the theater with 4 other guests. They got up and walked out with 10 minutes left and muttered that this movie "s*cked". This movie is an easy pass. It was a waste of 90 minutes and $15

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Patricia m

1d

The sound is terrifying all around, even the normal everyday sounds. The darkness this movie had was uneasy and only having one speaking actress on screen all the time made everything feel very...lonely. I never want to watch this again, never. The ending had me screaming and covering my ears.

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Shannon J

1d

Absolutely terrifying, watch at your own risk.

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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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