Masking Threshold

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Masking Threshold

2022

1h 30m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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

10/05/2022

A striking chronicle told through a boldly experimental style that unsettles and accomplishes so much with so little.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

10/04/2022

Inventive, in a way that may recall such vaguely similar delusional-quest films about delusional outsiders as Pi or Bug.

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

10/03/2022

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.

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Brandon Judell

Brandon Judell (Medium)

01/12/2022

8/10

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.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

01/05/2022

3.5/4.0

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.

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

12/11/2021

4.5/5

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.

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E T

@RT57225339 Jul 28

Lots of ASMR very interesting movie . Ide highly suggest watching this with some sound cancelling headphones to get the full effect.. the movie definitely uses sounds as weapons

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Schmickens D

@RT34192833 02/11/2025

Absolutely incredible. Well paced, and beautifully shot. Almost like “found footage” of an intelligent recluse who’s analyzing and documenting his medical condition. We, as the viewer, are gradually and subtly shown that this narrator/main character is already unhinged mentally (and getting worse). Frighteningly realistic in its portrayal of how someone with mental illness can rationalize their behavior and actions, “Masking Threshold” speeds up consistently and intensifies until the manic crescendo (the last 5-10 minutes will have you glued to the screen).

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livio g

@RT91358263 12/17/2024

I hadn’t heard anyone mention it—found it on a random list and saw it was free on Tubi. It’s a slow burn, the protagonist can be grating (it’s just who he is), but the last 15-20 minutes were a wild trip. Easily one of the most intense films I’ve seen lately.

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Cat K

@RT57294355 12/17/2024

If you enjoy hearing people complain and force their angry opinions on you in narration, sure. But this lacks everything it's hyped up to be. It's dull, monotonous, and has all of the tells of a covid film. Wasted time.

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gonzo g

@RT37978820 11/23/2024

A highly intellectual yet gut-wrenching film about madness and obsession.

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helmer b

@RT28545570 11/23/2024

very interesting and fascinating watch. nerd goes nuts, pretty much, but it’s told in a completely new way.

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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.

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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