Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.
Things Heard & Seen is a competent but frustratingly uneven haunted-house drama that never fully commits to either its domestic thriller or supernatural horror ambitions. The plot borrows heavily from familiar 'sinister husband, haunted rural home' territory without adding much new, and the tonal shifts undercut tension rather than build it. The performances, particularly Amanda Seyfried, are solid but the material doesn't give them enough to work with. Cinematography is serviceable with some atmospheric period detail but nothing distinctive. The ending is widely criticized as abrupt and unsatisfying, failing to pay off the film's setup in a meaningful way. Its main novelty — blending Swedenborgian theology with domestic horror — is intriguing in concept but underdeveloped in execution.