Masking Threshold

Masking Threshold

5.8IMDb Score
Released:2022-09-30
Duration:90 min
Country:Austria
Director:Johannes Grenzfurthner
Actors:Ethan Haslam, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Jason Scott, Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger, Ishan Raval
Production:monochrom Propulsion Systems, Drafthouse Films

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.

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