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Masking Threshold

Masking Threshold

2022•1h 30m•5.8/10
HorrorDramaThriller

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5.8/10(20)

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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Production

monochrom Propulsion Systems, Drafthouse Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Ethan Haslam

Ethan Haslam

Protagonist (voice)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Protagonist (corporeal)

Jason Scott

Jason Scott

Sadofsky, M.D.

Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger

Mother

Ishan Raval

Bharat

Caroline St. Clair

Mother (voice)

David Fine

Gavin F. Karp

Pierre Emö

Pierre Emö

Porn Pin-up

Kudra Owens

Brianna

Offerus Ablinger

The Ex

Roland Gratzer

Dad

Katharina Rose

Dana

Harald Homolka-List

Apopka Chief of Police

Patrick Michael Greene

Officer 1 (voice)

Max Grodénchik

Max Grodénchik

Officer 2 (voice)

Kero Fichter

Macro photography model

Jasmin Hagendorfer

Jasmin Hagendorfer

Macro photography model

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Amazon delivery guy

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