
A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.
From the director of Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Erin Brockovich, and Ocean’s Eleven comes PRESENCE: a new film from Steven Soderbergh.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan
Rating
Year
2025
Country
United States
Language
English
Main Trailer
Reviews
- "This is an enormously satisfying watch for haunted house movie fans, favoring sustained anxiety over big scares and practical effects over digital trickery."
- The Hollywood Reporter - "The director’s latest is a distinctly cool, dynamic Soderbergian riff on Michael Powell’s "Peeping Tom" via "The Haunting," with a dash of "Paranormal Activity" sprinkled around its edges."
- The Daily Beast - "Weaving in skillfully employed, grounded visual effects, it’s rather shocking just how much the ghost, sight unseen, feels like another character in the movie."
- The Film Stage - "The film proves to be a sleek, efficient exercise, with Soderbergh riffing on the conventions of the haunted-house thriller while applying intelligence and technical mastery."
- Screen Daily - "Presence isn’t afraid to be narratively predictable, because it’s out there visually. It’s an art film that also works as a spellbinding horror film, and it might be the best thing Soderbergh has done in ages."
- New York Magazine (Vulture) - "While the dizzying, dazzling cinematography, self-shot under his usual D.P. pseudonym Peter Andrews, demands you pay attention to the technical virtuosity, that gambit (or gimmick — your call) is merely setting the table for something else."
- Rolling Stone - "Fresh score.
In this shivery ghost story, director-editor-DP Steven Soderbergh proves a rich imagination can work wonders on a low budget and turn the familiar into something fresh and frightening. "
- ABC News - "As an experiment, it remains of interest, something to be filed away as a curious technical exercise, and Soderbergh operating at a lower level is still higher than many of his peers."
- Guardian
Festivals
- Toronto Int'l Film Festival
- Vancouver Int'l Film Festival
- Sundance Film Festival
- Hamptons Int'l Film Festival
- Thessaloniki Int'l Film Festival
- Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival
- Virginia Film Festival
- Sitges Film Festival