The entire film is shot entirely from the ghost's point of view, the audience haunting a family that has recently moved into a New Jersey home, not realizing that something was already living there. Critic Sean Burns says it's a great gimmick,

The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.”

There’s only so much that a person can hold before everything collapses.” With Presence now in theaters, Vogue spoke to Liu and Liang about preparing for their unconventional film—and their own relationships to the paranormal.

The intimate supernatural drama stars Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan as homeowners with an unexpected houseguest. With Presence, Steven Soderbergh Resurrects the Ghost Story: Review

"I always operate the camera, but this was next level," the director says. "I’m really in there with the actors."

“Presence” is a beautifully executed vision of a rather mediocre script. What makes it interesting is the POV “gimmick,” which Soderbergh demonstrates as a legitimate mode of cinematic storytelling. His camera movements take on such a human quality that we become emotionally connected to it as another character in the story.

In his nomadic career, Soderbergh has been a big-screen name happy to work for Netflix and HBO. Presence, though, is clearly made to be watched in the cinema, with a crowd, preferably while being under 19.

Steven Soderbergh's "Presence" is an unconventional haunted house story told from the perspective of the ghost -- and we've got the details.

Many fans of psychological horror dramas are interested to know if the new movie Presence (2024) includes any post-credits or mid-credits scenes. The story follows a family who suspects they’re not alone in their new suburban home.

I love all things horror, but I've never been someone to seek out hauntings in real life. Precisely because I've seen so many scary movies and know not to mess with that stuff - I'm not going to be the person shouting about how not scared I am right before some creature/demon/ghost slaughters/possesses/terrifies me.

What if a ghost could tell its own story but not speak? That is the wildly compelling premise of Presence. Director Steven Soderbergh reteams with Kimi screenwriter David Koepp for an unconventional haunted house story, creating a film that is sharply funny, beguiling, a bit chilling, and ultimately sweet.