2024 · horror · drama
Presence
Directed by Steven Soderbergh1h 24m2024
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.
Our read: Presence (2024) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive horror · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
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