The good folks at A24 know how stressful the working week can be, they've delivered a relaxing guided meditation video in celebration of the upcoming undertone, the buzzy feature debut from writer/director Ian Tuason.
Hitting theaters on March 13 (the second of three Friday the 13ths this year has to offer), undertone stars Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Keana Lyn Bastidas, and Jeff Yung, focuses on Evy, the host of a paranormal podcast who receives several disturbing audio files while caring for her ill and comatose mother:
With the help of her co-host, Evy analyzes the cryptic recordings, inching toward a harrowing revelation that brings mysterious forces forth from within the files themselves.
Shot in Tuason's Toronto childhood home, undertone is really the kind of indie horror movie success stories are made of. The film initially began as an audio play Tuason wrote during lockdown, with much of the same premise but missing the visuals.
After making its way to a visual medium, undertone would then go on to win the Audience Award at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, before earning a slot at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and eventually getting picked up by genre giants A24 following a competitive bidding war.
In a previous statement, Tuason explained more about the aurally horrifying nature of undertone:
“Sometimes the most terrifying thing of all is our imagination, and what we project onto something that may or may not be there […] This is a found audio movie and a sound-scape above all else. I created a sound design for this story where everything is directional — like Evy listening to the audio files, the audience can close their eyes and feel where everything is — or might be. When something far away is suddenly getting closer behind you, the terror becomes heightened and amplified.”
Check out the guided meditation for undertone below, although expect it to be anything but relaxing. Don't blame us if you drift off and have horrible nightmares. For more, here's all the upcoming horror movies we're excited for still to come in 2026.
