Interview With "Undertone" Filmmaker Ian Tuason

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

"Undertone" is a Canadian horror film written and directed by Ian Tuason, in his directorial debut. The film stars Nina Kiri as Evy, a woman who hosts a paranormal podcast with her friend Justin (Adam DiMarco), where she is the skeptic to his believer. After Evy moves back home to become the caregiver to her dying mother (Michèle Duquet), she and Justin are sent recordings by a married couple (Keana Lyn Bastidas and Jeff Yung) experiencing paranormal noises in their home, drawing Evy into fear and paranoia. Evy and her mother are the only characters to be shown on-screen in the film. All other characters are heard as off-screen voices, thus conveying the film's horror through its sound design. The film had its world premiere at Fantasia Fest on July 27th, 2025, and later screened in the Midnight section of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Tuason's directing, atmosphere, and Kiri's performance. Tuason was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from A24. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.6	with the director and writer for Undertone, Ian Tuosan.
0:38.1	Welcome to the Undertone podcast, where we talk about all things creepy.
0:42.3	I'm your in-house skeptic, Evie Babbage, and I'm joined by my believer co-host, Justin Menwell.
0:47.5	You're going to love this. I got something juicy.
0:49.5	Ooh, do tell.
0:50.9	Ten mysterious audio recordings from an anonymous email. Let's keep an open mind, Evie. Let me guess it's a demonic possession. Okay, easy, easy, all right. This is Cody Derrick's with The Next Best Picture, and I'm so excited to be talking with the writer-director of the new horror film, Undertone, Ian Twosson. How you doing today, Ian? Well, good. How you done?
1:11.6	Good, thanks. I got to see your movie at Sundance.
1:15.6	And oh my god, you made a really frickin' scary movie.
1:20.6	It's even...
1:21.6	Yeah, good screening. That midnight crowd was incredible.
1:24.6	It was the ideal place to see a movie like this.
1:27.8	And, yeah, I don't scare easy, and I was sweating.
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