Presence

Despite his prolific and diverse output over the last 35 years, _Presence _marks director Steven Soderbergh’s first foray into the supernatural. From a screenplay by David Koepp, writer of films such as Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993), the story is told from the point of view of an entity that observes a family newly moved into the house it too inhabits. The interest it takes in the dramas and relationships between father Chris (Chris Sullivan), mother Rebecca (Lucy Liu), and son Tyler (Eddy Maday) is secondary to its seeming fascination with daughter Chloe (Callina Liang). Chloe, grieving the recent, sudden death of her best friend, is more attuned to her home’s ghostly denizen, and tries to connect with it. Soderbergh ratchets the tension to almost unbearable levels before the nature and intentions of the presence are finally revealed.