It’s difficult to describe Things Heard & Seen and have it not sound like every other haunted house movie ever made, and in a sense…yes, it does start out that way. This journey will let her discover that true darkness can come much closer to home. As Catherine’s frustration grows, she begins to see vague specters pervade her new home, and she must find a way to discern whether what she is seeing is real or whether it all is a result of her husband’s sheltering of her. After settling into a beautiful home on a substantial plot of land, Catherine finds herself isolated from a sense of community while George thrives in his new position. Set in 1980’s New York, Catherine Clare (Amanda Seyfried) is a young woman and mother finding herself having to uproot her life in Manhattan to move upstate when her husband, George (James Norton), secures a teaching position at a small private college in the Hudson Valley. It has its major issues, but there’s something so mysterious and enigmatic about it that it was hard to shake.Īmanda Seyfried as Catherine Clare in THINGS HEARD & SEEN. Things Heard & Seen is an interesting case because it’s not the first horror/prestige drama that’s ever been made, but there’s something so enticing about its focus on drama and its relatively short bursts of horror make it effective as a whole. Horror can be anything, and taking on so many different tones and mixing with so many genres is perhaps the most fascinating and creative ways a filmmaker can approach storytelling. Some may look incredibly similar to each other, but at their heart, each one has something unique and new to bring to the table different than anything before (unless you’re Gus Van Sant remaking Psycho…that one kind of disproves my whole theory here). Though magnetic and fascinating, “Things Heard & Seen” is ultimately a harmless a slow-burn haunted house tale. Home › Reviews › Though magnetic and fascinating, “Things Heard & Seen” is ultimately a harmless a slow-burn haunted house tale.
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