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Key Features:
Supernatural horror, Marital breakdown, Isolation, Psychological thriller, Infidelity, Haunted house, Relocation, Small town setting, Dark secrets, Gothic horror, Artist, Academic setting, Family drama, Paranormal activity, 1980s, Based on a novel
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven, restrained
Target Audience:
Horror fans, Psychological thriller enthusiasts, Fans of gothic stories, Viewers interested in relationship dramas
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Unease → Dread

Things Heard & Seen

2021-04-29
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Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property—and in her marriage to George.

Genres
Horror
Cast
Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter, Rhea Seehorn, Michael O, Karen Allen, Jack Gore, F. Murray Abraham, James Urbaniak
Crew
Robert Pulcini, Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman, Shari Springer Berman
Rating
5.715(1026 votes)
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