Look a little deeper at just about any decent haunted-house movie, and you’ll almost always see a story about people who feel trapped by some larger aspect of their lives. Horror-movie protagonists dealing with an evil doll can at least try to get rid of it; slasher victims can at least try to run away from the danger. And people being threatened by something they don’t understand, whether it’s a curse or a creature, can always investigate and try to come to terms with the unknown. But a house represents a commitment, a sunk cost that’s extremely difficult to walk away from. In a movie like Netflix’s baffling new horror-drama
Things Heard And Seen ending explained: What happens?
Updated: Apr 30 2021, 9:39 ET
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AMANDA Seyfried continues to prove she is one of the more versatile actresses in Hollywood, the former Mamma Mia star shines in Netflix s latest horror/drama hybrid Things Heard And Seen.
The Netflix film packs a star-studded cast, with Little Women s James Norton and Stranger Things Natalia Dyer joining Seyfried for the haunting thriller.
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What happened at the end of Things Heard And Seen?
Many viewers were left slightly puzzled as they aimed to try and untangle the ending, but here it is explained.
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.