Ian Tuason’s debut feature Undertone (now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) being the latest example of how the horror genre is a breeding ground for high-ceiling filmmakers. The modestly innovative creeper stars Nina Kiri (The Handmaid’s Tale) in what’s essentially a single-location one-hander that uses brilliant sound design, precision camera movement and negative space to amplify the uncertainty of Whatever The Hell Is Going On Around Here, and the result can be chilling. And for the most part, those strengths outmuscle the less convincing stuff in a movie that aims to exploit some fairly common irrational fears.
UNDERTONE: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
The Gist: This house. It’s full of religious iconography and truly ugly wallpaper. Old lady stuff, for sure. But she won’t live here much longer. Or anywhere, for that matter – she (Michele Duquet) lies in
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