We learn that She is a writer, and this is her family cabin. Slowly, the camera pans back and we see the ghost (played masterfully by Shane West) laying in the bed next to her looking pale and tragic, and this look of longing washes over his face.Īfter a bit, Mira’s boyfriend (Justin Kirk) shows up to surprise her. There is a really cool scene where she falls asleep, and the camera is pulled in close to her face. It’s a very interesting juxtaposition, and the cinematography in the opening is beautiful. For a bit, we just see scenes of her going about her life in the cabin and every now and again the ghost is standing just out of frame watching her. The man seems to be angry that she’s there, and we quickly come to understand that he’s a ghost and she cannot see him at all. Next we see Mira Sorvino arriving via boat to the house. We see a series of long takes of him in various rooms not doing anything, but his expressions range from angry to lost to sad. In the house is a man, and we immediately feel something is not right with the situation.
#The presence movie movie#
I was worried it was going to be boring, but it sets the pace of the movie nicely. The Presence opens with a series of long takes, and there is no dialogue for at least 20 minutes.
It was from one of the guys who did Blair Witch, and the synopsis sounded interesting, so we watched it.
My fiance and I were tooling around on HBO GO trying to find a good spooky movie, and this popped up under the “Horror/Sci-Fi” category. Although, to call The Presence a “horror” movie is misleading. I don’t know if it didn’t get wide release (or even theater release at all), bad press, or poor reviews but something kept it completely off my radar. I’m trying to stay away from reviewing older movies – older than about 2011 – as I’d like to not tread on territories of reviews that have probably been done to death.