A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone in Steven Soderbergh’s Presence, a horror film that’s uniquely told from the perspective of the ghost. NEON releases Presence in theaters on January 24, 2025. Watch the official final trailer for Presence below. In Presence, “A family moves into a suburban house and becomes […]
A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone in Steven Soderbergh’s Presence, a horror film that’s uniquely told from the perspective of the ghost.
NEON releases Presence in theaters on January 24, 2025.
Watch the official final trailer for Presence below.
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.”
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Soderbergh reunites with writer David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) to give an innovative new spin on the quintessential ghost story. From the opening frame until the end credits, audiences see the thrilling story unfold through chilling narrative twists via an 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. She goes on to rave in her 4-star review, “Combined with Koepp’s twisty script, Presence pulls you in, terrifies you, then leaves your heart on the floor.”
Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday and West Mulholland star.
One of last year’s best horror movies, In a Violent Nature similarly breathed new life into its own subgenre (the slasher) by telling the tale entirely from the perspective of the evil presence stalking a wooded area. Soderbergh’s looks to take the same approach to the classic haunted house tale, and may very well end up being one of this year’s best horror films.
