A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe average film contains hundreds if not a thousand hard cuts. This film contains only 33 hard cuts.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Amanda the Jedi Show: NIGHT SWIM is Garbage | Explained (2024)
Featured review
This film leaves me feeling a lot like I felt after watching Neon's Longlegs in 2024. A quirky approach to a horror story, mostly well-executed, but with a story that ends up feeling inauthentic and clumsy. Personally I'd much rather watch a film that tries to do something different, even if it doesn't quite stick the landing, than a thousand cheap jumpscare horror clones. Presence did something different so I applaud it.
Pro: genuinely chilling at times: the scene with Natalie Woolams-Torres left the hairs on my arms standing on end.
Pro: mostly good, natural scriptwriting and acting.
Pro: just the right amount of levity at just the right times to keep the audience going without getting too silly.
Con: as the plot gets into its late stages it just doesn't feel right. I'm not sure how I'd have written it instead but there must have been room for a dark, natural and believable way to take the characters where they needed to be without *that* dialogue.
Con: the audience is limited by the characters' likeability here. I think the family father seems compelling but mother, daughter and son all left me feeling a little... uninterested in their fates? In one case this is a deliberate device to drive the plot and make the ending impactful but in the other two it seems inexcusable.
Con: I'm here partly for Julia Fox and she's barely in the movie. Boo! Give me a director's cut complete with 45 minutes of freehold contract negotiations and I'll bump my review up to an 8.
Pro: genuinely chilling at times: the scene with Natalie Woolams-Torres left the hairs on my arms standing on end.
Pro: mostly good, natural scriptwriting and acting.
Pro: just the right amount of levity at just the right times to keep the audience going without getting too silly.
Con: as the plot gets into its late stages it just doesn't feel right. I'm not sure how I'd have written it instead but there must have been room for a dark, natural and believable way to take the characters where they needed to be without *that* dialogue.
Con: the audience is limited by the characters' likeability here. I think the family father seems compelling but mother, daughter and son all left me feeling a little... uninterested in their fates? In one case this is a deliberate device to drive the plot and make the ending impactful but in the other two it seems inexcusable.
Con: I'm here partly for Julia Fox and she's barely in the movie. Boo! Give me a director's cut complete with 45 minutes of freehold contract negotiations and I'll bump my review up to an 8.
- richardbjclare
- Jan 25, 2025
- Permalink
- How long is Presence?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Varlık
- Filming locations
- 405 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, New Jersey, USA(Payne house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,880,263
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,328,004
- Jan 26, 2025
- Gross worldwide
- $8,725,393
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
