Thursday, 29th April 2021 at 3:19 pm
From the very first shot of Netflix‘s latest original horror movie, Things Heard and Seen, it is very clear that the streamer is not planning on keeping it light.
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The film opens with a quote from 18th-century Swedish theologian Emmanuel Swedenborg, whose most famous work was a book on the afterlife, appropriately titled Heaven and Hell.
Unsurprisingly, this goes on to have a major significance for the events of the film, particularly in its climactic final moments – which may have left viewers with one or two questions.
Read on for everything you need to know about the ending of Things Heard and Seen.
If you went in thinking you d be able to fully comprehend Netflix s
Things Heard & Seen because you d read the Elizabeth Brundage novel it is based on, think again. The film which premiered April 29 sees the relationship between married couple George (James Norton) and Catherine Clare (Amanda Seyfried) begin to unravel after the family moves into an old farmhouse in Upstate New York. Eerie things begin happening at the house as Catherine realizes that George may not be all he says he is. These suspicions eventually result in her murder. Despite knowing who the killer is, the film s ending leaves us with more questions than answers.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, James Norton
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Things Heard & Seen right from the get-go.
Writers and directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini begin with a creepy quote from 18th-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg, which is
followed by a slide show of various haunting paintings, all of which is accompanied by Peter Raeburn’s unearthly and imposing score.
The film then dives into its story, which revolves around a married couple, George and Catherine, played by James Norton and Amanda Seyfried, and their young daughter. They move from Manhattan to a small town in upstate New York in the spring of 1980, after George