About this episode
The episode reviews the horror film 'Undertone', exploring its sound design and emotional themes.
What happens when a movie podcast reviews a horror film about a podcaster? Welcome to the meta nightmare. This week on The Commentary Booth , Jamie Apps and Corrina Mabey dive into Undertone , the Canadian supernatural horror film written and directed by Ian Tuason in his feature directorial debut. What they find is far more disturbing than your average haunting movie. On paper, it’s about a paranormal podcaster receiving a series of disturbing audio recordings. But the deeper they go, the less it feels like a mystery, and more like a slow, suffocating descent into grief, guilt, and something… not entirely explainable. Jamie and Corrina examine why this film lives and dies by its sound design, and why you absolutely need headphones or a cinema-grade surround system to experience it the way Toussaint intended. For the review, Jamie watched Undertone with high-end audio, Corrina didn’t, and that contrast shapes a surprisingly different viewing experience. During the episode, we break down the film's masterful use of negative space and camera work that subverts every horror trope you think you know, the career-defining performance from Nina Kiri reacting to nothing but…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jamie Apps, Corrina Mabey
Topics covered
- horror film
- podcasting
- sound design
- grief
- supernatural elements
Keywords
- Undertone
- horror film
- podcaster
- sound design
- grief
- Nina Kiri
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Books & works: Undertone
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