Poster © Black Fawn Films, Slaterverse Pictures, Spooky Pictures · 320×463, fair use, to show which film it is. Why.Undertone
- How they landed
- they argued3 critics, 30 to 74
- Best thing said
While it may trade in somewhat unoriginal genre tropes — the haunted house, the evil demons, the creepy children's songs, the jump scares — its form and its function feel fresh, fluent and flippin' frightening.
John Nugent, Empire · we gave it 74- Worst thing said
Undertone makes one yearn for an official moratorium on its many reappropriated tropes, so that aspiring horror directors might finally be once again inspired to find new scary stories to tell in novel ways.
Richard Lawson, The Hollywood Reporter · we gave it 30- Film
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The guide1 of 7 came up · every line is a critic’s own words
“While it may trade in somewhat unoriginal genre tropes — the haunted house, the evil demons, the creepy children's songs, the jump scares — its form and its function feel fresh, fluent and flippin' frightening.” — John Nugent, Empire
“At the very least, it is a deeply unsettling sensory experience.” — John Nugent, Empire
“Has elements of Paranormal Activity, Session 9, Hereditary, The Ring, The Blair Witch Project and The Exorcist, enough sighs of familiarity to give horror fans a scary case of deja vu.” — Benjamin Lee, The Guardian
All 3 reviews
While it may trade in somewhat unoriginal genre tropes — the haunted house, the evil demons, the creepy children's songs, the jump scares — its form and its function feel fresh, fluent and flippin' frightening. At the very least, it is a deeply unsettling sensory experience.
John Nugent, Empire · quoted in Wikipedia, original not read by usHas elements of Paranormal Activity, Session 9, Hereditary, The Ring, The Blair Witch Project and The Exorcist, enough sighs of familiarity to give horror fans a scary case of deja vu. It's not that total originality is expected at this particular moment... but given the genre's overcrowd, it's hard to see what pushes Undertone above the noise.
Benjamin Lee, The Guardian · quoted in Wikipedia, original not read by usUndertone makes one yearn for an official moratorium on its many reappropriated tropes, so that aspiring horror directors might finally be once again inspired to find new scary stories to tell in novel ways.
Richard Lawson, The Hollywood Reporter · quoted in Wikipedia, original not read by us