Masking Threshold

An intelligent person goes insane. You witness it. It is fierce, outspoken, harsh, unapologetic.

It is clearly a narrative genre film, but it is also highly experimental and not off-putting. The visuals are stunning, and the sound design is divine. Watch it if you dare.

As soon as he put the shelves up on the wall during the first 20 seconds of the movie, I knew what I was in for. Close ups, close-ups and more close-ups... one of those "narrative genre film".

Stay away at all cost... unless you like artsi fartsi pretending to be deep Freudianmadness all narrated by an annoying voice for the entire run time. Like someone said earlier - "this may be the most unnerving film that I watched, but it may also be the one that sticks in my head for the longest".-- BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

With zero doubt I can honestly say that this was the most boring film that I have seen this year.

I would rather watch paint dry or grass grow.

I do not know where to start. This is one of the most unique movie experiences I've ever had. A truly astrounding depiction of the descent into madness. Fascinating.

A paranoid tech guy frustrated by his constant tinnitus opens up about his obsessive attempts to cure his debilitating tinnitus through a series of home experiments in a makeshift lab. But as his investigations grow darker and more frightening, a terrible secret behind his desperate condition is revealed - and the possible cure is even darker than he could have ever imagined.

It's an intriguingly intimate experiment in minimalist horror that shows how far a filmmaker can go with a simple premise: to show a man's mental breakdown documented through an online video diary.

First things first, this isn't really horror per se, but I suppose going insane would be considered horror. This film focuses on senses in every way possible, sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. It's those senses that intensifies over time and for some, becomes a crutch into self isolation as it turns into psychological paranoia.

The film introduces you into each of these senses with spiraling inner thoughts spoken out as the film goes on, and then leads to full blown insanity that ends in surrender. If you focus on the underlying context without feeling bored, you'll understand why this film plays out this way.

Complete insanity in doses.

Wow, so I can't say much without going into spoiler territory but my god this movie is fricking amazing!! I rented it on a streaming site because the trailer looked good, but little did I know how amazing this movie was going to be.

Let me warn you, if you are looking for action you might want to look elsewhere but if you are in the mood for a mental workout then this is your movie. Several things separates this movie for other movies dealing with declining mental states mainly the script, acting and cinematography. The script must have been insane to write. Even when the script gets into scientific minutia it is still compelling enough to keep the layman interested.

The acting is amazing! Basically done in a voiceover, Ethan Haslam does the voice of our main character and he is so compelling that you actually feel his sanity start slipping away.

Shot almost entirely in close up I can't even imagine how this was filmed. If any one of these elements weren't 100% this movie would have failed big time. But everything fit into place and made Masking Threshold a unique and genuinely disturbing movie.