Things Heard & Seen

Yes, dirt could be thrown at this movie from all directions. From Netflix production at the beginning, to the strange uncertainty of what the movie wants to be at the end. I actually started watching this movie as a horror, but in the end it wasn't really about horror at all. At times it seemed to have a touch of a supernatural horror even, but even that was taken lightly and only on the surface to add some tension to the film. I would rather liken the movie to a period drama with a good atmosphere of an American small town, which I always enjoy watching, and here it was a pleasure too. The mysterious house, the secrets surrounding it, the strange people in the village - all of this plays into the movie's hands. Except that the movie turns more into a psychological drama of a marriage breakdown with a thriller twist, rather than anything else it promises. Amanda Seyfried and James Norton played the married couple excellently, and that's why I eventually leaned towards giving it a third star, even though at times I thought I wouldn't survive the script twists. (05/12/2021)

Today's Netflix new "horror" release with the beautiful Amanda Seyfried is unfortunately too dull for horror and insufficiently tense for a drama. It's not a completely bad film, it's relatively well-made (but that's already a guarantee for every new Netflix film, so I don't see it as a positive). The problem is mostly the two-hour runtime and the fact that not much interesting happens most of the time. It's not very suspenseful or entertaining, it's not scary at all, and something interesting starts happening only in the final twenty minutes, though again, nothing extraordinary. The film reminded me a bit of The Amityville Horror, but it's not ambitious enough or audience friendly. But I guess it could appeal to some girls, so they can easily add a star and a half, the rest of the viewers won't miss out on anything. If there weren't so many slow and horror dramas coming out this year, I might have leaned towards giving it three stars, but I'm already fed up with them, so I'll be more uncompromising. 4/10. (04/29/2021)

It feels like it’s going to be a classic horror story - the family moves into a house where "something" happened and they are not alone. But in fact, it's a lot more than that. The atmosphere gradually thickens, it turns out that few things are really what you thought they were ten minutes ago, and who knows, in the end, maybe the supernatural will be the last thing you should be afraid of. Amanda Seyfried is perfect. (05/01/2021)