An opening long take of a beautiful and empty dark house sets the mood for the movie “Presence,” just released to theaters by ...

What they ended up with was Presence, a haunted house film in which the ghost is the only thing you shouldn’t be scared of.

Or are you? Like home-invasion movies, haunted-house films tap into the universal fear of being attacked in the one place you’re meant to feel the most secure. Unlike home-invasion movies ...

A vampire-themed love story starring Saya Minami and Whitney Duff heads a slate unveiled by Australia’s Black Forest Films and New Zealand genre powerhouse Black Mandala. “Haunted & Devoted,” ...

Steven Soderbergh’s Presence radically subverts the haunted house genre - 4/5 Lucy Liu and Julia Fox star in a film that puts the viewer in the perspective of the ghost haunting a family’s new home ...

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Director Steven Soderbergh’s fresh take on the haunted house genre certainly makes for an interesting film. ‘Presence’ is seen through the eyes of whatever is occupying the house, as it flits from ...

Here, it’s a flipped perspective on the haunted house story. We’re the ghost. Or the camera’s the ghost. Either way, we’re both voyeur and active participants in the narrative, as we watch ...

“Haunted” weakens, though, when the playwright’s determination to raise awareness and send a message collides with the ...