Undertone (2026)
Director: Ian Tuason Run Time: 93 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam DiMarco, Jeff Yung, Keana Bastidas, Michèle Duquet, Nina Kiri
Country: Canada
Language: English
About the film:
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
Strained by the responsibility of providing end-of-life care to her dying mother, Evy (Nina Kiri) seeks respite from the loneliness of her fragmented reality. Now living in a house full of sentimental keepsakes and memories, her sanity and structure lies within her work on a supernatural podcast, The Undertone. While she usually plays skeptic to the creepy (and often disturbing) audio files sent to her by co-host Justin (Adam DiMarco) for podcast fodder, the latest submission hits differently. A series of 10 unheard recordings from a young pregnant couple are unfurled one by one, each more ominous than the last. As Evy draws parallels to her current plight, hidden messages manifest, pushing her further toward madness.
Writer-director Ian Tuason’s debut feature is unsettling to say the least. Deceptively terrifying in its conceit, Evy’s solitude manifests itself as a visceral audio-visual landscape, where the ring of a cell phone creates just as much of a jump scare as any monster ever could.
About the filmmaker:
Ian Tuason is a Toronto-based writer-director and 2016 Watty Award winner. His virtual reality horror shorts gained 14 million YouTube views and screened at the Marché du Film NEXT Pavilion in Cannes. His debut feature, undertone – a paranormal horror inspired by his caregiving experience – was shot in his childhood home and sold to A24.
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