Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence has been acquired by NEON, giving a new spin on the haunted house format. A new teaser unveiled this morning highlights the setting, further establishing the unconventional haunting ahead. Presence releases theatrically in select cities on January 17, 2025. Check out the official teaser trailer for Presence below. I wrote in my review out of […]
Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence has been acquired by NEON, giving a new spin on the haunted house format. A new teaser unveiled this morning highlights the setting, further establishing the unconventional haunting ahead.
Presence releases theatrically in select cities on January 17, 2025.
Check out the official teaser trailer for Presence below.
I wrote in my review out of Sundance, “Soderbergh reunites with Kimi screenwriter David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) to give an innovative new spin on the quintessential ghost story. Presence frames its haunted events entirely from the perspective of its ghost. From the opening frame until the end credits, audiences see the thrilling story unfold through chilling narrative twists via Soderbergh’s experimentation with form and technique. Using the camera’s gaze as the ghost’s observing eyes isn’t the only trick up Soderbergh and Koepp’s sleeves, ensuring this exciting shakeup of the haunted house keeps you guessing.”
“Presence gives a contemporary, innovative new spin on the haunted house format that bypasses the well-trodden path to instead create scares of a different nature,” Meagan’s review continues. “Combined with Koepp’s twisty script, Presence pulls you in, terrifies you, then leaves your heart on the floor. This ghost story doesn’t scare in the conventional sense, but it’s an innovative and grim nail-biter with more on its mind than the logline suggests.”
The logline, you ask? Here it is:
“In Presence, a family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone. A supernatural force has infiltrated the house, and taken a specific interest in the couple’s daughter.
