When you beloved Longlegs and suppose Cuckoo appears to be like fairly strong too, you will be comfortable to be taught that NEON will probably be staying within the enviornment of suspense and horror for the foreseeable. In January 2025, Presence is coming from Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike), and it could possibly be in contrast to something we have ever seen.
The pitch is straightforward: This can be a supernatural entity story… from the perspective of the supernatural entity. We have had experiments with the format, such because the Paranormal Exercise collection, however such a horror story had by no means been advised (at the very least in a mainstream characteristic) from the opposite perspective, and that alone may be sufficient to get many horror fanatics and informal moviegoers into the cinema. And if you happen to have been questioning who wrote this: It is Jurassic Park’s David Koepp, a veteran Steven Spielberg collaborator, who’s additionally helped form the following Jurassic World film.
Earlier this yr, we additionally had the chance to look at In a Violent Nature in theaters, a slasher film narrated from the killer’s POV. Whereas it wasn’t tremendous groundbreaking, it was a welcome change of tempo, so perhaps Presence can replicate that for the admittedly overdone ‘haunted home’ subgenre. There appears to be a requirement for small twists on basic scary formulation as of late, so these two may be the beginning of an even bigger motion in direction of reinventing horror for youthful generations.
Presence’s first teaser is not even one minute lengthy, however it’s already setting a somber temper and letting informal viewers know that Soderbergh’s profession is without doubt one of the wildest and most fascinating round. You may watch it right here:
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The film was shot in 2023 and already screened on this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant, incomes a 92% approval ranking on Rotten Tomatoes from critics. NEON quickly emerged victorious with the distribution rights to it, attempting to maintain its superior streak of wins going into 2025. One other huge horror wager from the corporate which ought to get folks speaking within the close to future is Shelby Oaks, directed by YouTube movie critic Chris Stuckmann and backed by horror maestro Mike Flanagan.
Presence’s forged contains Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland. It is scheduled to be launched in choose theaters in the US on January 17, 2025, earlier than increasing vast on January 24, 2025. Keep tuned for the worldwide rollout plans within the coming months.
