# Presence (2025) Seen It (no real spoilers in OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 27, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485 "2025-01-27T19:12:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485/1 "2025-01-27T19:12:43Z")
I had an AMC Credit about to expire so I decided to give this movie a try after reading an article about it (it was filmed not far from where I live). It’s a ghost story told from the point of view of the Ghost (so if FPS games make you sick this may not be the movie for you). The entire movie takes place in a house and it is quite a house. It’s really a beautiful home. I was a tad jealous 🙂 Leaving the theater I thought the movie wasn’t bad but it stuck with me for most of the day which suggests I liked it more than I realized. It’s not a jump scare horror movie but it has an eerieness and is essentially a family drama at the end of the day so if you are turned off by horror you still may want to give this a shot. Anyone else see it? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485/2 "2025-01-27T20:34:40Z")
I had seen it at an early screening with a Q&A afterwards with the filmmakers & cast, and had been a bit disappointed since the film was advertised as being scary and terrifying (and it most definitely is _not_!) I then gave it another shot and saw it again over the weekend and this time I really liked it! I think as long as you go in knowing that despite what the trailers are selling you, _this is not a horror film_, this is a sad family drama, you will enjoy it more. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485/3 "2025-01-28T04:35:24Z")
I enjoyed it, It is an example of how one can lay out a complete narrative and backstory through showing instead of telling. Because of the twist it seemed to me to be an M. Night Shyamalan movie, but made by a skilled filmmaker. ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485/4 "2025-01-28T19:46:35Z")
Is that a shot at M.NS? I don’t have an opinion, just askin’. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485/5 "2025-01-28T20:15:10Z")
😁 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485/6 "2025-01-29T17:45:38Z")
Something I liked about the movie was how the traditional family drama gender roles were swapped. The Dad was sensitive, caring and a good parent to both kids while the Mom was distant, pretty terrible and overtly favored one child over the other. It was an interesting dynamic.