Things Heard & Seen

Meiner Ansicht nach konnten sich die Macher dieses Streifens nicht entscheiden, was bzw. welches Genre sie drehen wollten. Und so war dann auch das Ergebnis. Ich frage mich - habe ich einen Horrorfilm gesehen? Einen klassischen Spukfilm oder eher einen untypischen Spukfilm? Oder einen psychologischen Thriller über den Zerfall einer Ehe? Oder einen Krimi mit mysteriösem Touch? Schließlich keines von beiden, und nicht in einem Bereich funktioniert dieser Film. Ernüchterung und Enttäuschung, sehr schwache drei Sterne. (13.06.2021)

Today's Netflix new "horror" release with the beautiful Amanda Seyfried is unfortunately too dull for horror and insufficiently tense for a drama. It's not a completely bad film, it's relatively well-made (but that's already a guarantee for every new Netflix film, so I don't see it as a positive). The problem is mostly the two-hour runtime and the fact that not much interesting happens most of the time. It's not very suspenseful or entertaining, it's not scary at all, and something interesting starts happening only in the final twenty minutes, though again, nothing extraordinary. The film reminded me a bit of The Amityville Horror, but it's not ambitious enough or audience friendly. But I guess it could appeal to some girls, so they can easily add a star and a half, the rest of the viewers won't miss out on anything. If there weren't so many slow and horror dramas coming out this year, I might have leaned towards giving it three stars, but I'm already fed up with them, so I'll be more uncompromising. 4/10. (29.04.2021)

It feels like it’s going to be a classic horror story - the family moves into a house where "something" happened and they are not alone. But in fact, it's a lot more than that. The atmosphere gradually thickens, it turns out that few things are really what you thought they were ten minutes ago, and who knows, in the end, maybe the supernatural will be the last thing you should be afraid of. Amanda Seyfried is perfect. (01.05.2021)