Character Relationship Map: undertone

Characters

• Evy Babic (played by Nina Kiri) — protagonist

  Evy Babic is a skeptical young woman who hosts The Undertone horror podcast with her friend Justin while caring for her comatose mother. After discovering that she is pregnant, she investigates distur...

• Justin (played by Adam DiMarco) — protagonist
• Jessa (played by Keana Bastidas) — supporting

  Jessa is part of the couple whose audio recordings become the central mystery investigated by Evy and Justin. She talks and sings in her sleep, producing messages that sound threatening when played ba...

• Caller 3 (voice) (played by Bianca Nugara) — supporting
• Mike (played by Jeff Yung) — supporting

  Mike is Jessa’s partner and the person who records her sleep-talking in hopes of capturing evidence. His recordings are anonymously sent to Justin and become the material that Evy and Justin analyze f...

• Caller 5 - Abby (voice) (played by Sarah Beaudin) — minor

  Caller 5, identified as Abby, contacts the podcast while desperately asking for help with her incessantly crying child. Although Evy and Justin plead with her to stop, Abby ultimately murders the infa...

• Caller 4 (voice) (played by Jayda Woods) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Mike → Jessa (Romantic Couple) — They are romantically involved and share the recorded home environment.

  The recordings were made by a couple named Mike and Jessa.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Caller 4 (voice) → Justin (Conflict Obstructed Caller) — The caller challenges Justin's attempt to control the conversation.

  Justin insists that nobody named Mary is present, but the caller does not relent.

• Caller 4 (voice) → Evy Babic (Conflict Psychological Provocateur) — The call targets a deeply personal aspect of Evy's pregnancy.

  A caller demands to speak to Mary, the name Evy had said she wanted to give a hypothetical child.

• Caller 3 (voice) → Justin (Narrative Information Provider) — The caller supplies crucial information about the recorded couple's deaths.

  A caller claiming to be Mike and Jessa's neighbor reports that the couple was found dead in their home.

• Caller 5 - Abby (voice) → Justin (Unknown Distressed Caller) — Justin participates in the failed attempt to stop Abby.

  Abby calls during the podcast interaction, and both Evy and Justin plead with her not to murder the infant.

• Caller 5 - Abby (voice) → Evy Babic (Unknown Distressed Caller) — Abby's call directly exposes Evy to a desperate and horrific crisis.

  The final caller, Abby, begs for help calming her incessantly crying child while Evy pleads with her not to harm the infant.

• Mike → Justin (Narrative Recorded Source) — Mike's recordings provide evidence for Justin's podcast investigation.

  The anonymous email sent to Justin contains audio files recorded by Mike and Jessa.

• Jessa → Justin (Narrative Recorded Subject) — Jessa becomes the central recorded subject of Justin's investigation.

  Justin receives the audio files and plays recordings of Jessa speaking and singing in her sleep on The Undertone.

• Mike → Evy Babic (Narrative Indirect Threat Catalyst) — Mike's recorded material initiates the danger surrounding Evy.

  Mike's recordings are sent anonymously to Justin, and their contents lead Evy to discover disturbing reversed messages.

• Jessa → Evy Babic (Narrative Warning Source) — Jessa's recordings become an indirect warning aimed at Evy.

  In the final recording, Jessa says she has to warn someone who is listening, presumably referring to Evy.

• Evy Babic → Justin (Social Friend) — They share a close friendship built around their podcast.

  Evy and Justin run The Undertone together, and they investigate the recordings as friends and collaborators.

Story Analysis

A skeptical podcaster's investigation becomes a supernatural crisis centered on pregnancy, motherhood, guilt, and violent hidden messages.

Plot Progression

1. Signals in the Dark — Evy and Justin operate The Undertone while investigating anonymous audio files. Reversed songs transform a skeptical podcast project into a disturbing mystery.
2. The Message Beneath — Evy discovers hidden threats in familiar children's songs and learns that she is pregnant. Her personal uncertainty begins to merge with the recordings' supernatural implications.
3. A Presence Invited — Further recordings reveal an apparent invitation to a demon associated with mothers and children. Strange movements, flickering lights, and the displaced statue make the threat feel physically present...
4. Voices from the Dead — Jessa's final warning is followed by a failed email reply and news that Mike and Jessa are dead. Callers then force Evy and Justin into increasingly personal and horrifying encounters.
5. The House Turns — After Abby kills her infant, Evy confesses her guilt over her mother's death. The house fills with gruesome drawings before Evy faces an apparent attack in the bathroom.