Thoughts on Presence

Chilling movie poster for "Presence," directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by David Koepp, featuring an eerie, dark-toned image of a house and shadowy figures.

TW: This movie deals with the topic of drug overdoses and includes an attempted murder. It made me uncomfortable, and it wasn't something I remembered seeing in the trailer.

This movie was pretty interesting. I wasn't sure how they'd make it scary since it's from the ghost's perspective, but it actually works. It's a different kind of scary though; no jump scares or anything. It makes you think, and as it goes on, it kind of messes with your head.

The camera work was awesome. The different angles from the ghost's perspective were really cool, like how it just floated on the stairs and between rooms. Honestly, with how it started, I thought it would just be about a poltergeist. It's way better than that, but like I said, they keep you guessing until the end.

There's a hint if you pay attention around the middle of the film. It didn't click for me until the end though.

Overall, I thought it was a great film with a creatively different take on the haunted house genre. They handled the uncomfortable topics well and kept it a guessing game until the end.