Steven Soderbergh’s new chiller takes place in one of the most troubled of all movie locations: an outwardly normal family home.

Presence” — 2 stars In Steven Soderbergh’s gimmicky, unscary ghost story “Presence,” we the audience become the supernatural entity roaming through a large suburban house with

The ending of Steven Soderbergh’s Presence explained, including the possible identity of the ghost in question.

NEW YORK — Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He’s also, in a way, its central character.

I need to be scared of something,” Steven Soderbergh tells me as we sit down to discuss his new film, Presence. “Every movie that I have worked on, there’s gotta be a pocket of fear about some aspect of it.

Also starring Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, and Callina Liang, Presence originally premiered at Sundance Film Festival last January, where Neon bought the distribution rights in a $5 million deal. Critics described the film as a “slow burn,” despite the film’s brief 85-minute runtime, so settle in.

Steven Soderbergh often applies his brainy, process-based approach to new genres; with Presence, he tries his hand at ghost-story horror.

Steven Soderbergh's "Presence" is an unconventional haunted house story told from the perspective of the ghost -- and we've got the details.

The tingly thriller “Presence” starts with a knockout premise: What if you told a ghost story from the perspective of the ghost? Each scene in Steven Soderbergh’s impeccably crafted film is a single take that glides silently from room to room observing what happens in an ordinary suburban house.

Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He’s also, in a way, its central character.

Scientists uncovered evidence of the oldest hominin presence in Europe in modern-day Romania nearly two million years ago.