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Things Heard & Seen (2021)

★ 5.7 · 1,068 ratings on TMDB

Mistrust your senses.

Things Heard & Seen poster★ 5.7

A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.

DirectorRobert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
CastAlex Neustaedter, Amanda Seyfried, F. Murray Abraham, Jack Gore, James Norton, James Urbaniak
GenresHorror
The emergence reading

Things Heard & Seen keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing faith, family, fear, mortality, control.

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Also inFilms about controlFilms about faithFilms about mortalityFilms about family
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)E8/E9 · control, faithXX (2017)E8/E9 · faith, familySatan's Slaves (2017)E8/E9 · faith, familyObsession (2026)E8/E9 · control, fearIt's a Wonderful Life (1946)E8/E9 · faith, familyThe Witch (2016)E8/E9 · faith, family

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)E12/E14 · rare rung · fear, mortality

Same people

Shared director or cast.

American Splendor (2003)dir. Robert PulciniThe Nanny Diaries (2007)dir. Robert PulciniGirl Most Likely (2012)dir. Robert PulciniMean Girls (2004)Amanda SeyfriedIn Time (2011)Amanda SeyfriedScarface (1983)F. Murray Abraham