EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand rights to Ian Tuason’s paranormal horror Undertone.
The distributor will release the film in UK-Ireland cinemas on April 10, with the Australia-New Zealand release one day prior, in partnership with Rialto Distribution.
Undertone follows Evy, a woman who hosts a popular paranormal podcast with her friend Justin, where she is the skeptic to his believer. After Evy moves back home to become a caregiver to her dying mother, she and Justin are sent recordings by a married couple experiencing paranormal noises in their home, drawing Evy into fear and paranoia.
The Housemaid’s Tale actress Nina Kiri and The White Lotus actor Adam DiMarco lead the cast alongside Michele Duquet.
Writer-director Tuaon’s feature debut, Undertone launched at Canada’s Fantasia Fest in July last year, before playing in the Midnight section at Sundance this January. A24 handles world sales and will release the film in North America this Friday, March 13.
The film is produced by Dan Slater for his Slaterverse Pictures and Cody Calahan for Black Fawn Films, both from Canada. Executive producers are Tuason, Chad Archibald, Daril Fannin, Brit MacRae, Anthony Eu, Douglas Lee, Al Akdari, Charles Bern, Mathew Sterling and David Sproat.
“It was joyously terrifying to be a part of the rapt audience experiencing undertone at this year’s Sundance Midnight premiere,” said Taylor Haldane, acquisitions and sales manager at Vertigo Releasing. “With a flawless approach to sound and space, Ian and the team have crafted a uniquely immersive and dread-inducing nightmare of a film that ceases to relent until the lights come up.”
Upcoming Vertigo titles include UK-Irish sports thriller One Last Deal starring Danny Dyer from Friday, March 13; and Gus Van Sant’s Venice 2025 title Dead Man’s Wire from March 20.
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