Undertone bored me to death

HBO recently added this movie to its lineup, and I watched it with somewhat high expectations since a lot of people were saying it was really good and deserved more recognition. Honestly, I’m not really the type of person who enjoys this kind of movie—or maybe it’s just me—but I never felt connected to the main character or her story. It’s a slow, boring, and at times exasperating movie that sometimes leaves you with more questions than answers—and it’s just plain absurd.

This psychological horror film tells the story of Evy, a young woman who apparently hosts a paranormal podcast, but who remains quite skeptical throughout the film. The thing is, Evy lives with her mother, who is practically in a coma, and she’s taking care of her. During one of her shows, she receives some strange recordings that, the more she listens to them, the more fear they instill in her, since they’re recordings of people being stalked by an entity.

I imagined this movie would be scarier—especially given its podcast premise and the use of audio clips as the main source of fear—but it disappointed me every single minute, haha. The main character is so bland, and the scares are practically nonexistent. You could have easily listened to all the audio clips in a single night because they were super short, but for some reason the podcast episode lasted like 5 minutes, hahaha. I also don’t get why a “skeptic” would have a HORROR PODCAST. For most of the movie, she spends her time trying to make sense of the audio clips they receive...

The entire movie takes place in a house, and sometimes that single-location formula works when the plot is good, but this movie is NOT good, so as far as I'm concerned, it's been on my blacklist ever since I saw it.

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