Masking Threshold

Sep 30, 2022

1h 30m

★ 5.9

Overview

Conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment. But where will his research lead him? "Masking Threshold" combines a chamber play, a scientific procedural, an unpacking video, and a DIY YouTube channel while suggesting endless vistas of existential pain and decay. Glimpse the world of the nameless protagonist in this eldritch tale, which is by no means for the faint of heart.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

monochrom Propulsion Systems

Drafthouse Films

Masking Threshold Trailers

Cast

Protagonist (voice)

Ethan Haslam

Protagonist (corporeal)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Sadofsky, M.D.

Jason Scott

Mother

Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger

Bharat

Ishan Raval

Mother (voice)

Caroline St. Clair

Gavin F. Karp

David Fine

Porn Pin-up

Pierre Emö

Brianna

Kudra Owens

The Ex

Offerus Ablinger

Dad

Roland Gratzer

Dana

Katharina Rose

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