

The only haunting atmosphere in the movie is how George mirrors the gruesome characters of the previous men that lived in their new home. It also places importance on how the deeds of the past can always come back to haunt the present and how humans tend to lash out when they are boxed to a corner. It is pretty much a movie that depicts human nature and the consequence of being good or bad on earth. Other than the ghosts that refuse to haunt, there is nothing “horror” about the movie. Since the house is a monument of severe marital problems with the previous owner, the premise to make it fit in as a thriller drama is already present. Things Heard and Seen does not deliver on its genre as a horror thriller, it’s more of a thriller drama that depicts severe marital problems between a young couple. James Norton and Amanda Seyfried in Things Heard and Seen

After a series of events, Catherine learns that there’s indeed a ghost in the house and her husband is not who she thinks he is. The house that ought to be their comfort begins to tear them apart.

The move is also meant to be a fresh start for the couple but after purchasing an old house which seems to be haunted, things take a bitter turn. Catherine leaves her job as an art restorer in New York City when her husband lands a teaching job at a private College in Saginaw, Michigan. The rest of the story follows a family, George (James Norton), Catherine (Amanda Seyfried), and their daughter, Franny (Ana Sophia Heger).
