Undertone
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Synopsis
A podcast host covering spooky content moves in to care for her dying mother. When sent recordings of a pregnant couple's paranormal encounters, she discovers their story parallels hers, each tape pushing her toward madness.
Cast
- Nina Kiri
- Adam DiMarco
- Michèle Duquet
- Keana Lyn Bastidas
- Jeff Yung
- Ryan Turner
- Ari Millen
- Marisol D'Andrea
- Austin Tuason
- Seled Calderon
Moviegoers are saying
This horror film about a podcast investigating scary audio clips has audiences completely split - some are genuinely terrified by its innovative sound design and backwards nursery rhymes concept, while others find it an overhyped 'nothingburger' that relies too heavily on audio scares over visual storytelling. The film's minimalist approach and ambiguous ending either leaves viewers on the edge of their seats or checking their phones, with many calling out the disappointing conclusion that feels incomplete.
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2.9
138.3K
33.6K
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- Jan 25, 2026
some dudes be afraid to moan i be in my girl's ear like oo zoo bo mahn ee mo mook
Bailey WertzbergerMar 9, 2026hi i’m the worlds most nervous woman and my favorite activity is recording my podcast where we listen to scary audio clips in the middle of the night with all the lights off. we record 10 minutes at a time over the course of several days but we still release every friday.…
estherMar 6, 2026A24 gonna sell that little statue for $79.99
Kellen Gallagher - Mar 13, 2026
its kinda like an ASMR Paranormal Activity
𝐉Mar 19, 2026They used stock sound effects in the spooky sound design movie
CosmonautMarkieJan 27, 2026I knew podcasting was evil.
Brian Tallerico - Mar 12, 2026
More like underwhelming :/
Haunted HippieMar 9, 2026Rumor has it if you play this movie in reverse, it becomes watchable Full Thoughts
Dan MonaghanMar 28, 2026still somehow only the second most evil podcast after the joe rogan experience
zoë rose bryant
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- Ellis dislikedundertone
If yanny laurel was christian but also satanic
Nick Milano dislikedundertoneUndertone (Skinamarink Part 2 basically)….. NOT A SINGLE THING HAPPENED UNTIL THE LAST 10 MIN AND THE ENDING MAKES LITERALLY 0 SENSE. I HATE A24.
Gandre likedundertoneThat’s it I’m never getting pregnant
- Lady Rokujo likedundertone
It was good at creating tension, anxiety, suspense but then there wasn’t really any payoff?? Like, nothing really happened lol All those spooky camera angles were for no reason. I guess the moral of the story is don’t have sex bc you’ll get pregnant and die
nic is "meh" onundertoneThis was the one I was most looking forward to and I felt the same disappointment afterwards that I did with Longlegs 😩 The auditory horror component was good but the visual story felt like a let down. The most interesting part was the build up at the end but what it was building towards didn’t…
May is "meh" onundertoneGreat performance by the actors and really good unsettling cinematography. Poor execution with too much cutting to black. The demon voice was giving a little too much Sauron as well and really pulled me out of it.
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Kaden Ptasznik lovedundertoneProbably the scariest movie in which nothing happens. No this isn’t a negative. I think more filmmakers should dive into this subtle horror filmmaking. Nothing is scarier than letting your mind do the work. Definitely a great horror film!
Clay Werner likedundertone7.7 - I don’t totally disagree with the takes that this was one of the scarier movies in recent years, & that moments of it feel cursed, but I also don’t know if I’ve ever been so frustrated by a horror at the end. I absolutely loved everything about it for 90% of the run time, but it sort of fell…
Darrin likedundertoneAs a chronic movie napper I thought this would be able to keep me awake with all of its hype. Still was able to see a majority of the film and thought I’d LOVE this since I’m also a huge skeptic when it comes to the realm of possibility with horror. The last 5-10 minutes is what I’d assume what…
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- JSJose Sosa
Not worth the money to watch it in theaters. You’re better off just waiting till it hits streaming platforms. I felt as if there was no structure to the movie and no real plot.
KGKirk G.a complete nothingburger. 90 minutes of nothing, then some lights flicker. Skip entirely or wait till streaming
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- TPturntable productions
Wasn't Worth The Money
RMRyan MillerCould’ve been a lot better had the ending been anything but what it was
MWMia WhiteWould need to see again to fully grasp what went on but overall a good movie! It’s definitely creepy!!
- HNHyra Neon
Creepy
KVKristhyan VillalbaUndertone learned from horror experts Blumhouse productions: a low budget awesomeness. The only downside of the movie is that it had an amazing, well designed plot that could've lead to a much more exciting and epic ending than the one it had. It felt like the ending stayed…
HDHopson DeniseBoring too me
Metacritic
Mar 13, 2026
The movie generates a pleasing fog of suspense as it makes the audience pay attention to each new audio cue. Seeing the movie in a hushed theater is ideal; viewing it at home would almost certainly bring in distractions that would dilute the experience.
Kyle Smith
Wall Street Journal
Mar 12, 2026
No, there’s not much to this thin plot and the monotonous visual limitations don’t deliver the claustrophobia you might expect to heighten the growing dread. But for horror that’s alarming in the most primal, aural and piloerection ways, Undertone hits enough right notes to recommend.
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
Mar 10, 2026
Effectively moody, but disjointed and over-reliant on played-out horror audio gags, Undertone sounds better in concept than it plays on screen.
Tom Jorgensen
IGN
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