The Associated Press
This image released by Netflix shows Amanda Seyfried in a scene from Things Heard And Seen. (Anna Kooris/Netflix via AP)
Hollywood thrillers in which sophisticated, attractive city folk move to creaky old country homes and experience scary things are a dime a dozen. Less common is when those Hollywood thrillers are based on the theology of 18th-century Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
But here we are a Swedenborgian thriller and thus it’s not a bad idea to read up a bit on the man, by which we mean to Google him, before diving into “Things Heard & Seen,” a well-cast and often entertaining but campy and sometimes obvious thriller starring Amanda Seyfried and James Norton.
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
Hollywood thrillers in which sophisticated, attractive city folk move to creaky old country homes and experience scary things are a dime a dozen. Less common is when those Hollywood thrillers are based on the theology of 18th-century Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
But here we are â a Swedenborgian thriller â and thus itâs not a bad idea to read up a bit on the man, by which we mean to Google him, before diving into âThings Heard & Seen,â a well-cast and often entertaining but campy and sometimes obvious thriller starring Amanda Seyfried and James Norton.
2021/04/29 07:06 This image released by Netflix shows Amanda Seyfried in a scene from Things Heard And Seen. (Anna Kooris/Netflix via AP) This image released by Netflix shows Amanda Seyfried in a scene from Things Heard And Seen. (Anna Kooris/Netflix via AP) This image released by Netflix shows James Norton, left, and Amanda Seyfried in a scene from Things Heard And Seen. (Anna Kooris/Netflix via AP) This image released by Netflix shows James Norton, left, and Amanda Seyfried in a scene from Things Heard And Seen. (Anna Kooris/Netflix via AP) This image released by Netflix shows James Norton, left, and Amanda Seyfried in a scene from Things Heard And Seen. (Anna Kooris/Netflix via AP)
Jocelyn Noveck April 28, 2021 - 4:06 PM
Hollywood thrillers in which sophisticated, attractive city folk move to creaky old country homes and experience scary things are a dime a dozen. Less common is when those Hollywood thrillers are based on the theology of 18th-century Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
But here we are â a Swedenborgian thriller â and thus itâs not a bad idea to read up a bit on the man, by which we mean to Google him, before diving into âThings Heard & Seen,â a well-cast and often entertaining but campy and sometimes obvious thriller starring Amanda Seyfried and James Norton.
What youâll learn is that Swedenborg believed (among other things) that death was just a continuation of life â and that people lived on, in the spiritual world, past the expiration of their physical body. For the filmâs purposes, weâll boil it down for you: Ghosts!