You’re the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s new haunted house movie

last year, In violent nature He turns the killing genre on its head by telling the classic story of the “high body count in the wilderness” from the point of view of the lumbering killer. this year, presence It offers a different kind of perspective shift in horror films by telling the story of a haunted house from the point of view of the ghost. She is from the director’s team Steven Soderbergh And screenwriter David Cobb makes presence Even more out of curiosity.

Here’s the final trailer for presencestarring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Kalina Liang, Eddie Maddie, West Mulholland, and Julia Fox.

voyeuristic and creepy photography is clearly a key element of this work presenceas the main character – the full description of the film is simply “A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone” – lurks and hovers around the family they have moved onto. This trailer emphasizes the film’s creepy elements and tells us that the ghost is “suffering,” which is never a good quality when the veil is pierced.

Unlike other stories of ghost heroes trying to deal with living humans suddenly in their midst, he thought others or Beetlejuice—presence It leans into an uncomfortably alien point of view, and from the trailer at least we have no idea what form the spirit takes, or whether it shows itself at all.

This will be an interesting project no matter what, but it’s coming from Soderbergh (who won an Oscar for directing). passageHe has also made various films like Erin Brockovich, Infectionthe ocean Heist movies, and Magic Mike) and Koepp (screenwriter Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulland 2002 Spider-Manbut not limited to; He has also directed his share of horror films, including… The noise echoes and Secret window) amplifies its potential.

presence It hits theaters on January 24. Will you be stalking the aisles to see it?

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