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Masking Threshold

Play trailer 1:51 Poster for Masking Threshold Released Sep 30, 2022 1h 30m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Frustrated by a constant ringing in his ears, a paranoid data analyst documents his obsessive attempts to cure his own debilitating tinnitus through a series of home experiments conducted in a make-shift lab. But as his research becomes increasingly dark and macabre, a horrifying secret behind his maddening condition is revealed with a potential cure more sinister than he could have ever imagined. A deeply philosophical horror film inspired by Lovecraftian weird fiction and cosmism, experimental filmmaker Johannes Grenzfurthner takes us on an unsettling journey into the paranoia of the human mind to reveal the disastrous consequences of the relentless pursuit of knowledge.
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Christian Valentin Spectrum Culture A striking chronicle told through a boldly experimental style that unsettles and accomplishes so much with so little. Oct 5, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Inventive, in a way that may recall such vaguely similar delusional-quest films about delusional outsiders as Pi or Bug. Oct 4, 2022 Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online Johannes Grenzfurthner's Masking Threshold is a remarkable bit of DIY lunacy, a hand-crafted nightmare that combines elements of a diary film, a first-person, found-footage pseudo-documentary, a YouTube tutorial, and the Screenlife desktop aesthetic. Oct 3, 2022 Full Review Brandon Judell Brandon Judell (Medium) With one of the best screenplays of recent years, with the superb cinematography of Florian Hofer, and the awe-inducing editing by both Grenzfurthner and Hofer, Masking Threshold is a wry, dissective look at modern society's derangement. Rated: 8/10 Jan 12, 2022 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com For those willing to invest heart, mind, body, and some semblance of soul this is a unique, inspired, intelligent, and impossible to forget cinematic experience. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Jan 5, 2022 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed For those willing to pay attention and really watch this film, it leads to an interesting payoff and feels like a new thing, a new style, something they've not seen that many times before, if at all. Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 11, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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helmer b very interesting and fascinating watch. nerd goes nuts, pretty much, but it’s told in a completely new way. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Kyle M Self-destructive descent into madness aside the film offers little to hold your attention, or even really inspire meaningful introspection. It aspires to pretentiousness as, the film at no point seems to recognize its protagonist as anything but a set piece for whom we have no attachment, no investment in, and, much like a group of school children watching a gaping fish perish on the pier, we invited along for nothing more than a spectacle. If you managed the first fifteen minutes I'm afraid there's little more to the film than the threadbare premise, and, while the experimental aspects of the film are certainly interesting enough in theory the film manages to feel like a one-person soliloquy with a character you will never feel more than a fleeting distant attachment to at best. It belongs in a college theater class, which, I suspect is where it would be best received. It is a film. It's not really worth your time. It probably wasn't worth the review, but, my goodness, if I can spare you the time, watch something with substance instead. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/22/24 Full Review jack t holy sht is all I have to say! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Motte L Calling it a slow burn doesn't quite do it justice. It's slow and exasperating like watching someone drown in molasses. Grenzfurthner makes a more suffocating and oppressive atmosphere than any horror movie I've seen in a minute. The climax suffers a bit from amateurish line delivery but it still packs a deeply unsettling punch. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review gregg b horrifying decent into madness. very unique. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Jay F Watching Masking Threshold had me laughing—it’s a bold, absurd exploration of madness, control, and sound, pushing boundaries in ways most won’t be ready for. It struck me as the wild cousin to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, another sound-driven film that would be Oscar-worthy if the Academy dared. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Frustrated by a constant ringing in his ears, a paranoid data analyst documents his obsessive attempts to cure his own debilitating tinnitus through a series of home experiments conducted in a make-shift lab. But as his research becomes increasingly dark and macabre, a horrifying secret behind his maddening condition is revealed with a potential cure more sinister than he could have ever imagined. A deeply philosophical horror film inspired by Lovecraftian weird fiction and cosmism, experimental filmmaker Johannes Grenzfurthner takes us on an unsettling journey into the paranoia of the human mind to reveal the disastrous consequences of the relentless pursuit of knowledge.
Director
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Producer
Günther Friesinger, Julianne Gabert, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Jasmin Hagendorfer
Screenwriter
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Distributor
Drafthouse Films
Production Co
Monochrom Propulsion Systems
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 30, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 7, 2022
Runtime
1h 30m
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