Month: October 2021

Andrew Stover of Film Inquiry loves Masking Threshold. The warped, claustrophobic horror of Masking Threshold is wholly original, making it one of the best horror films of the year. Johannes Grenzfurthner makes the most monotonous tasks jarring and uncomfortable. But it is the careful planning of the protagonist’s deadly obsession that results in the most … Read more

OMfuckinG. Nightmares Film Festival bestowed Masking Threshold the award for FILM FROM HELL – BEST OF THE FESTIVAL. This is incredible! *BEST* film of the festival! Fuuuuck!

Masking Threshold‘s Florida premiere at the wonderful SICK ‘N’ WRONG FILM FESTIVAL!

22 Indie Street gives Masking Threshold *4.5/5*! Masking Threshold makes no secret of what is coming, but the true horror genre comes through during the movie’s climax. The rest is just a dramatic slow-building film that ramps up the dread scene by scene. Johannes Grenzfurthner and Samantha Lienhard have written a script that could have … Read more

Hey German peeps! Masking Threshold is available on the virtual platform of the B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes. So in case you want to watch it… that’s an option! Here we go.

Mexico, we are coming! Mexico’s biggest fantasy, horror, sci-fi film festival FERATUM FILM FEST screens Masking Threshold!

Nice! Austrian film Masking Threshold is a similar chamber piece, as an unnamed man in his home laboratory (star and director Johannes Grenzfurthner) attempts to cure his debilitating hearing impairment, only for his experiments to lead him down a dark and horrifying path. Anyone hearing The Fly buzzing in the ear here? Link

Nice! This was a fascinating, fascinating movie. If it’s an experimental movie, it’s a successful one. Yes, the whole film is like the trailer–stream of consciousness narration from the protagonist (whose name we never learn) over close-ups of what he is doing or thinking about. Which sounds like it would be boring, but this creative … Read more