Undertone Review with Taylor W.

Undertone Review with Taylor W.

From Horror Movie Talk by Horror Movie Talk: Horror Movie Review

March 18, 2026 · 1h 28m

About this episode

The episode reviews the film 'Undertone', focusing on its themes of horror and podcasting.

Synopsis Evy is a popular scary story podcaster recording a new episode from the home of her mother who is lying in hospice upstairs. As she takes care of her dying mother, Evy and her cohost listen to disturbing recordings sent in from an anonymous email. The more they listen to the recordings, the more Evy notices strange happenings in the house. Review I wanted to like this movie, but by the mid mark, I was just so bored. This is bad news for the movie, because it seems like it was tailor made for me. Having semi recently cared for a parent in hospice and being the host of a semi successful podcast with an annoying cohost, I was hooked immediately by the premise. I’ll even give credit where credit is due. The movie really does a great job of utilizing the theater of the mind of an audio format. However, it doesn’t pair the audio with anything particularly interesting to look at. I found myself thinking that truly this would have been better in an audio format as the camera Skinamarinked around aimlessly. If there was something interesting to see other than lighting changes for the first half of the movie, they were too subtle for my eyes. And by the time shadowy figures start…

People in this episode

Guest: Taylor W

Topics covered

  • horror
  • podcasting
  • hospice
  • audio format

Keywords

  • scary story
  • disturbing recordings
  • strange happenings

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