Steven Soderbergh is one of the more revered filmmakers of the last 30 years, so it's always noteworthy when he has a new movie coming out. Combine that with the fact that this movie from the Oscar winner offers his take on a haunted house movie, and it should be little surprise that Presence is one to keep an eye on.
After it premiered during the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024, that buzz had been building for a while. So what did critics and audiences think about it?.
Here is everything you need to know about Presence.
Presence how to watch
Presence is exclusively available to watch via digital on-demand platforms at this time.
Here's everything you need to know on how to watch Presence.
Presence cast
Presence centers on a family, which is made up in the movie by Lucy Liu (Kill Bill), Chris Sullivan (This Is Us), Callina Lang (Tell Me Everything) and Eddy Maday, who is making his movie debut.
Julia Fox (Uncut Gems) also stars as the real estate agent who sells the family the house.
Presence plot
Presence is an original script written by David Koepp, who previously worked with Soderbergh on Kimi. Among his other scripts are Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Here is the official synopsis of Presence:
"A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone."
Presence trailer
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Presence reviews
Presence was "Certified Fresh" by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with a score of 88%. However, audiences were a little less receptive of the movie, as you'll see from their scoring on the site.
Steven Soderbergh movies
While Soderbergh has worked in the thriller genre a few times, Presence is his first bonafide horror movie (the closest movie on his resume that we can think comes close is his 2018 movie Unsane). See all of his feature directing credits, which include an Oscar win for Best Director for Traffic, right here:
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
- Kafka (1991)
- King of the Hill (1993)
- The Underneath (1995)
- Schizopolis (1996)
- Gray's Anatomy (1996)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- The Limey (1999)
- Erin Brockovich (2000)
- Traffic (2000)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Full Frontal (2002)
- Solaris (2002)
- Eros (segment) (2004)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004)
- Bubble (2005)
- The Good German (2006)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
- Che: Part One (2008)
- Che: Part Two (2008)
- The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
- The Informant! (2009)
- And Everything Is Going Fine (2010)
- Contagion (2011)
- Haywire (2011)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- Side Effects (2013)
- Logan Lucky (2017)
- Unsane (2018)
- High Flying Bird (2019)
- The Laundromat (2019)
- Let Them All Talk (2020)
- No Sudden Move (2021)
- Kimi (2022)
- Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)
