Alfred Hitchcock famously claimed he didn't watch his films in theaters. When asked if he missed out on hearing the audience scream, he said, "No. I can hear them scream when I'm making the picture." While writer-director Ian Tuason, the mind behind the buzzy new auditory horror "Undertone," reveres and references Hitchcock as much as the next horror filmmaker, he has to disagree with him on this one. For Tuason, the real screams are the point. "My favorite thing about this whole process is just watching it with audiences. I think that's probably why I wanted to make a horror film … just to kind of witness the reactions," Tuason said in a recent interview. "The same way as when you tell a ghost story at a campfire, it doesn't feel that great unless you see your friend scared." His debut film "Undertone," which opens in theaters on Friday (yes, the 13th), is already doing just that. After playing at the Sundance Film Festival, it had some calling it the "scariest movie you'll ever hear." "Undertone" is a minimalist horror, set in one location, with essentially one character. Evy (Nina Kiri) is a paranormal podcaster who is taking care of her dying, comatose mother upstairs. She's the skeptic of the podcast, which she does with a remote co-host (Adam DiMarco) in the middle of the night. Nothing can scare her, but this new investigation, in which they try to decode a series of unnerving audio files sent anonymously, has rattled her. Why sound is so scary Tuason always dreamed of being a filmmaker, but he began his career in virtual reality and made a name for himself as an early proponent of immersive 3D sound for his cinematic horror shorts, which have been viewed millions of times. Soundscapes became his calling card. So, when he sat... Read More