Presence
Summary
The impression that spirits crosspiece places they have unfinished business has long existed . Whether they were take in from the humans unjustly or remain to look after loved ones , mass have blend on record to share their extrasensory experiences . In his recent , Steven Soderbergh take on one kin ’s belief in the supernatural after a tragedy have them to eradicate their life-time to a new home . Written by David Koepp , Presenceexplores the feeling of not being alone in an unfamiliar environment . Without bank on tawdry jump scare , Soderbergh ’s psychological revulsion thriller is a shattering mystery about instinct that will chill you .
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Directed by Steven Soderbergh , Presence is a spectacular horror movie following a family that moves into a new suburban mansion only to grow increasingly certain they are not alone .
Presencefeels like an ineluctable trap that slowly rip off your inhibition . It ’s brilliant , as it models the behaviors of the wraith throughout the story . This ghost is desperate to do something , anything to carry through its final desires , yet it ’s trapped in a home and forced to witness the mundanity of the Payne ’s lives . Rebecca ( Lucy Liu ) and Chris ( Chris Sullivan ) with their predictable marital bickering ; Tyler ( Eddy Maday ) with his better - than - G mental attitude and bullying his sister ; and Chloe ( Callina Liang ) , with whom the entity share a connectedness due to the loss of her good friend from an unforeseen overdose .
The Experimental Direction Creates An Ambiance Far Better Than Jump Scares
The entity becomes familiar with each phallus of the family but only choose to expose itself to Chloe until an act of despair is involve . It ’s a bleak advantage point — to be somewhere for a reason and not cognize what it is . This sense of important belonging bestow an uneasiness to the atmosphere in a way that is more in effect than if we ’d gotten the family ’s perspective . It eliminates the arithmetic mean there will be jump scare , since we ’re already privy to the feeling ’s existence . Instead , the anxiousness - hasten minute come from the interactions of the characters with each other .
Without relying on tawdry jumping scares , Soderbergh ’s psychological revulsion thriller is a shatter mystery about inherent aptitude that will cool down you .
With such an intentional focus on the specter , it ’s not far - fetched to imagine a terrifying experience , butPresenceis far from that . Soderbergh ’s movie feels a bite observational in how it bring harm within a nonadaptive kinsfolk dynamic , resulting in a more psychologically tumultuous ride . This is all glue together by the amazing performances of the plaster cast . Standouts let in Liu ’s fiery self-assertiveness , her mothering both nagging and regardless . Liang , a neophyte , bear her own , gestate the worked up weighting of the playscript , while Sullivan act as the lovable pa , whom the family bank on for comfort and backing .
Presence’sTechnical Elements Are Bound To Induce Anxiety
The biggest selling point is the proficient achievements throughout the film . Soderbergh enjoin a first - mortal story through a ghost ’s perspective . It ’s light the entity is on some kind of mission ( which is nicely revealed by the film ’s close ) , but the photographic camera ’s navigation to denote its curiosity lick perfectly . The peculiar placement in which Soderbergh tells this story also reflects the confinement of the ghost and enables some great shot that could otherwise go unnoticed . However , if there was ever a time to get rid of those fade - away transition , it would be here , as they are all overused .
Between Ocean ’s Eleven and King of the Hill , Soderbergh is a master of both Hollywood movies and autonomous cinema , and he has made several classics .
Still , Presenceis an overall success when you consider it as a psychological thriller with the spirit of dissecting a broken family moral force while deconstruct the musical style . With heavy expert achievements and an overflow of anxiousness - inducing eccentric interactions , it ’s a film deserving seeing by any mean necessary . Koepp ’s script is refreshingly tight and never lingers beyond its purpose . Sure , Presencedoesn’t confine a candela to some of the chilling films ever made , but fear is n’t the point of this film . residual see to it though , by the moving picture ’s final stage , you will be left with a sense of overwhelming devastation .
Presencepremiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
