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Presence
Presence

6.0

Presence

R·2025·84m

Summary

A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in unimaginable ways.

Crew

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Writer

David Koepp

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

January 24, 2025

7

<em>'Presence'</em> holds uniqueness in regards to how it is filmed, which is very effective, though its story does end up being quite straightforward - and more teen drama-ry than anticipated. All the same, I did enjoy myself whilst watching it unfold across 85mins, pleasantly.

The cast are also a strong point of this film. Lucy Liu and Eddy Maday are decent, though Callina Liang and Chris Sullivan are the definitive standouts - both t'rific. West Mulholland is solid in his role, even if I'm not absolutely sold on everything that goes on with his character.

Interesting that this closely follows the release (at least in the UK) of Robert Zemeckis' <em>'Here'</em> - two films shot in original perspectives. This Steven Soderbergh picture isn't quite as high class as that one, but all in all is worthy of a watch; especially with such a short run time.

Thanks to the aforementioned, I was able to watch this at the cinema shortly after finishing Mel Gibson's <em>'Flight Risk'</em>. You could say both do have a feel of being made-for-streaming (this feels <a href="https://letterboxd.com/r96sk/list/ranked-welcome-to-the-blumhouse/" rel="nofollow">Welcome to the Blumhouse</a>-esque), but I will never moan about the ability to watch movies on the big screen.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$2,000,000.00

Revenue:

$10,498,407.00

Keywords

husband wife relationship
new jersey
haunted house
grief
interracial marriage
psychological thriller
entity
death
real estate agent
ghost
voyeurism
family dynamics
death of best friend
first person view
mother son relationship
father daughter relationship
mother daughter relationship
brother sister relationship
supernatural horror
experimental cinema
psychological horror
drugging someone
horror
duchové
paranormální jevy
zlo