![]() Set in 80’s small town America, Things Heard & Seen brings Amanda Seyfried and Brit heartthrob James Norton as Catherine and George, a young couple that find themselves as the residents of a haunted farmhouse. But, somehow even with all that, and a scene with someone being brutally murdered with an axe, I felt bored, and had somehow lost interest in anything I was watching. It gives the viewer a story of a couple who has a marriage that is crumbling around them, all the while they are uprooted, now living in a new town, in a house that is filled with history and tragedy, and a ghost that will not be silenced. Anna Kooris/NETFLIX © 2020Īt first glance, this is what Things Heard & Seen, is trying to do. ![]() Things Heard and Seen (L-R) James Norton as George Clare, Amanda Seyfried as Catherine Clare, in Things Heard and Seen. From the cerebral movies like The Others, to the grimy campy schlock like The Amityville Horror, there is something I just enjoy about a good old-fashioned ghost in a house story. These are the sorts of movies I eagerly mark down in my calendar the minute I hear they are coming to streaming sites or theatres. Now don’t get me wrong, I am a sucker for a good haunted house movie. ![]() But after sitting though the movie, and thinking on it, Things Heard & Seen feels confused, unfocused and like a case of wasted potential. It has a phenomenal cast, great directorial team, and a story that on paper would translate well to the medium. Things Heard & Seen, now on Netflix, at first glance sounds like something that would hit all the right beats.
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