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The long-awaited return of Street Fighterto the big screen has cast another iconic character from the video game franchise. Chun-Li will be making her presence known in the new film, which has already cast several major characters that longtime fans will instantly recognize.

According to Deadline, Presence star Callina Liang has joined the upcoming Street Fighter reboot as Chun-Li. She joins a star-studded cast that includes Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns, and Orville Peck. In the source material, Chun-Li is known as a martial artist and Interpol officer who seeks revenge against the murderer of her father, the franchise's main antagonist, M. Bison. Her inclusion likely means that audiences will see Bison on the big screen after Raul Julia portrayed the character in the 1994 cult classic. Street Fighter is set to be directed by Kitao Sakurai (Bad Trip).

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Lucy Liu is raging on the screens once again, though this time, she’s there to have her fans screaming. Out of all the different genres she has starred in, in all those different roles, the 56-year-old actress is gaining significant attention for her latest horror flick that is currently dominating the Hulu charts: Presence.

Although the movie, which was created with director Steven Soderbergh at its helm, wasn’t met with tremendous acclaim at its release and didn’t prove to be that massive of a box office success back then, the supernatural thriller is now turning the tables and pretty much establishing Liu as the queen of the Horror era on Hulu.

Lucy Liu is raging as the Queen of Horror on Hulu Lucy Liu as Rebecca Payne. | Credit: Presence / Hulu.

After originally premiering at the Sundance Film Festival more than a year ago, on January 19, 2024, Presence was finally released in U.

In a crowded field, Hulu is fast-becoming one of the must-have streaming services. 2025 has been a good year for Hulu subscribers, with Chloe Fineman's critically-acclaimed comedy "Summer of 69" dominating the streamer's charts in May and Best Picture winner "Anora" doing the same back in March. We've also seen Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown" rocking the Hulu rankings, while Pamela Anderson's overlooked 2024 drama "The Last Showgirl" finally found an audience on the platform in late May. Considering how often these charts get clogged with some of the worst examples of streaming-age sludge, that's a pretty good run for Disney's streamer, and now we've got yet another interesting and unique entry on the Hulu charts in the form of "Presence."

The big conceit of Steven Soderbergh's supernatural thriller is that it's shot entirely from the point of view of a ghost haunting a suburban family home.

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed June this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the much-anticipated adult animated film Predator: Killer of Killers and the return of one of the most popular series of recent times, The Bear. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in June 2025.

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Presence is a supernatural thriller drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by David Koepp. The 2024 film follows the point of view of a ghost who haunts a house as the Payne family moves into it. Presence stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, Julia Fox, Natalie Woolams-Torres, and Lucas Papaelias.

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There are certain companies known for producing and/or distributing horror content that consistently push the boundaries of the genre. Studios like A24, Neon, and IFC have developed loyal followings by backing films that range from mainstream thrill rides to daring, experimental nightmares. Whether it's a low-budget indie gem or a genre-defying spectacle, these companies have earned their place as reliable names for horror fans chasing their next jolt of fear.

At the beginning of this year, Neon kicked off its 2025 horror slate with a brand-new title releasing in theaters. This film had previously premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January 2024, but only those at the festival were able to experience it firsthand. Fortunately, Neon saw the movie's potential and acquired its distribution rights for $5 million. The indie powerhouse would then release the film in U.S. theaters in January 2025. That movie is Presence, a supernatural horror that...

Popeye The Slayer Man Comes to Theaters this March: "Director Robert Michael Ryan’s much buzzed-about horror feature Popeye the Slayer Man is set to sail into theaters and on VOD via Vantage Media on March 21, 2025.

Directed by Ryan from a screenplay by John Doolan (Remains), the horror feature was filmed in New York State and is a co-production between Salem House Films, Millman Productions, Ron Lee Productions, and Otsego Media. Jeff Miller (The Toybox), Cuyle Carvin (Ouija Witch), and Ryan also contributed to the story. Producers include - along with Miller, Carvin, and Ryan - Alexander Tucker, Nathan Todaro, and Alysa Blasetti.

Reads the synopsis for Popeye the Slayer Man, 'A group of friends sneak into an abandoned spinach canning factory to film a documentary on the legend of ‘The Sailor Man,’ who is said to haunt the factory and local docks, only to find out that the legend is all-too true.

Award-winning film studio Neon is excited to announce the release of Steven Soderbergh’s Presence for digital purchase and rental, beginning February 25th. The film will also be available on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD starting May 20th.

After Neon acquired the film at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Presence went on to receive even more critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and has since generated significant buzz thanks to a unique marketing campaign. The campaign began with a captivating Julia Fox realtor billboard stunt in downtown Manhattan, featuring a phone number that received over 1,500 voicemails. Presence is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and has grossed nearly $7 million in theaters.

It moves through the house, uneasy and unseen, a witness to the most painful and unguarded moments of the troubled family within. And with a growing urgency, the Presence gradually pieces together what it needs to do. An unusual,...

Steven Soderbergh‘s Presence will be available for digital purchase and rental tomorrow, February 25, from Neon.

The film movie will also be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 20.

A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone in the unconventional haunted house movie told from the perspective of a ghost.

It moves through the house, uneasy and unseen, a witness to the most painful and unguarded moments of the troubled family within. And with a growing urgency, the Presence gradually pieces together what it needs to do.

Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with an 88% rating, Soderbergh directs from a script by David Koepp.

Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, and Julia Fox star.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Presence pulls you in, terrifies you, then leaves your heart on the floor. This ghost story doesn’t scare in the conventional sense,...

In this age of streaming entertainment, viewers' criteria for what qualifies as a multiplex-worthy movie has changed dramatically. Generally, a film has to be a four-quadrant tentpole or a family-friendly animated piffle (preferably with a toy or video game tie-in) to get people out of their houses. Comedies are no longer a safe play, nor are adult-skewing dramas. Small-scale films in general are typically viewed on the couch as a second-screen distraction. Horror movies, however, are typically an exception.

Whether they're big studio productions like "Nosferatu," "A Quiet Place: Day One," and "Alien: Romulus," or more modestly scaled indie efforts like "Longlegs," "Terrifier 3," and "Talk to Me," moviegoers (mostly of the younger variety) will show up on opening weekend provided the hook is well-baited. They don't need stars, and they certainly don't need ecstatic early word from critics (lamentably); all they desire are a few good scares, some creepy atmosphere,...

The latest collaboration from director Steven Soderbergh and writer David Koepp is “Presence,” a haunted house movie set in the home of an average suburban family (led by Lucy Liu and Soderbergh’s “The Knick” star Chris Sullivan). What could be a typical scary movie is elevated by the aesthetic choice to tell the story from the ghost’s point-of-view, so you see it drifting around the house, listening in on conversations between members of the family and occasionally letting itself be known by shaking things or knocking down objects.

And since the movie is told from the ghost’s perspective, that leaves an inherent mystery at the center of “Presence:” who is the ghost?

Read on for more on this, but a very massive spoiler warning should be issued first. Don’t read this without seeing the movie first. Watch it and come on back. It’ll still be...

Stars: Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland | Written by David Koepp | Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Director Steven Soderbergh comes out of self-imposed retirement once again for this engaging and effective ghost story, shot in a series of single takes. From the haunted house-style set-up, audiences might be expecting something along the lines of the Paranormal Activity franchise, but Soderbergh has something else in mind.

Presence begins in a renovated, 100-year-old home, in the leafy suburbs of an unnamed city. The titular presence is a ghost, represented by the subjective, point-of-view camerawork. In the opening scenes, the presence looks out of the window and then goes down the stairs as a late-arriving realtor shows a family – mother Rebekah (Lucy Liu), father Chris (Chris Sullivan) and teenage kids Chloe and Tyler around the property.

Shortly afterwards, the family are all moved in, and Chloe becomes convinced...

In Presence, the new haunted house horror film by Steven Soderbergh and writer David Koepp (Jurassic World: Rebirth), Julia Fox plays a real estate lawyer who unwittingly sells a family a home plagued by a sadistic ghost. But according to the actress, not only are ghosts real, she lives with one in perfect harmony.

In an appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers (via Entertainment Weekly), Fox revealed that when she initially purchased her home, she had no idea it was haunted. "It was funny: It begins like any ghost story. I felt a pull toward this house, and it was a full moon, and then I was like, 'That's it. I'm getting the house...'"

Fox explained that after she and her 4-year-old son moved all their things into the house, they discovered a message from the previous owners in the basement. "...there was a little letter from the previous owners basically saying,...

You know the Tolstoy quote about all happy families being the same, but “every unhappy family is unhappy in their own way?” The quartet at the center of Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence has refined their own particular brand of dysfunction to perfection. The mom, Rebecca (Lucy Liu), is a first-class control freak, has become involved in some shady financial dealings, and dotes on her teenage son, Tyler (Eddy Maday), in a way that would make Freud’s head explode. He’s a champion swimmer, and she has her...

Exclusive: Preston Oliver (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), West Mulholland (Steven Soderbergh’s Presence), Ruby Rose Turner (Descendants: The Rise of Red), and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) have wrapped production on Someone Saved My Life, a period drama based on the Bloomington, Indiana childhood of Angelo Pizzo, the multi-hyphenate behind titles like Rudy and Hoosiers.

Set in the 1960s, the film follows junior high schooler Dean (Oliver), who strikes up a friendship with the vibrant yet reckless Roy (Mulholland), in an effort to escape his mother’s (Lefevre) controlling grasp. But when the boys’ friendship threatens Dean’s budding romance with Beth (Turner) and his own well-being, Dean must find his own voice, or risk following Roy down an increasingly dangerous path.

Pizzo directed from his own script. Bradley Gallo and Michael A. Helfant produced for Amasia Entertainment, with Jo Throckmorton and Joseph Stern (Judging Amy) also producing. Pizzo exec produced alongside Michael Leahy, Josh Sathre for Amasia, and Sugar Studios CEO Jijo Reed.

Pizzo is a writer, director and producer who broke out with a pair of classic films penned for director David Anspaugh: 1986’s inspirational high school basketball Hoosiers, which landed Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor Dennis Hopper and Original Score (Jerry Goldsmith), and the Sean Astin-led college football drama Rudy, which brought Goldsmith another nomination and is considered to be among the best sports films ever made. Most recently, Pizzo co-wrote The Hill, another sports drama starring Dennis Quaid, which tells the story of a pastor’s son who pursues his dream of becoming a pro baseball player.

Oliver has appeared in Disney Channel’s Secrets of Sulpher Springs, as well as the series Roswell, New Mexico, This Is Us, and Chicago Fire.

Soon to be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s Presence, Mulholland’s also appeared on shows like Animal Kingdom, Little Fires Everywhere, and Legion.

Turner is best known for turns in Disney+’s Descendants: The Rise of Red and Disney Channel’s Coop and Cami Ask the World.

Meanwhile, Lefevre has been seen in The Twilight Saga, shows like Proven Innocent, and more.

Oliver is repped by Lbi Entertainment, Coast to Coast Talent Group, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Mulholland by Seven Summits Pictures & Management and Osbrink Talent Agency; Turner by Definition Entertainment, CAA, and Skrzyniarz & Mallean; and Lefevre by Gersh, Alternative Agency, Pearl Hanan Management, and Meyer & Downs.

Although it premiered at Sundance almost a year ago, Steven Soderbergh’s Presence is finally making its way to theaters, and audiences may well find themselves surprised by it both formally and narratively. A refreshing spin on a familiar genre, Presence manages to perfectly tread the line between challenging audiences and delivering satisfying entertainment.

Presence Review

Presence follows a family who, after moving to a new house in the suburbs following a tragedy, begin to believe that they are being haunted by an unseen presence. At the core of the film is a relatively standard haunted house story, but this is only the framework upon which something much more intriguing and complex is built.

Like much of Soderbergh’s recent output, Presence is as much an experiment in form as it is anything else. He shot the movie using Dslr cameras as opposed to the typical high-grade professional camera equipment,...

Steven Soderbergh's Presence is an effective, efficient throwback to classic suspenseful thrillers, centered around very modern themes, but with entirely fresh camera techniques. Soderbergh's penchant for trying out new things, putting the camera in different types of places, and weaving those experiments and concepts into plots that work is once again on full display. Presence is also tightly wound. Like a postmodern Alfred Hitchcock, Soderbergh takes viewers into the haunting circumstances of a thriller without doing a lot of heavy lifting.

We Are the Audience Haunting Their House

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Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Presence is a dramatic horror movie following a family that moves into a new suburban house only to grow increasingly certain they are not alone.

Release Date January 24, 2025Director Steven SoderberghRuntime 85 MinutesCast Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, Julia FoxWriters David KoeppStudio NeonStudio(s) Sugar23Producers Ken Meyer ProsA fascinating film...

2025 might be the year of horror — whether a video game franchise adaptation, a horror movie starring Cillian Murphy, or a vampire period piece, the 2025 horror movie lineup has something for all tastes. Although 2024's horror movie releases brought many great scares with works by M. Night Shamalayan, Ti West, and Tim Burton, next year promises to be one of a kind. With the return of popular horror writers and directors, among them Insidious and Saw creator Leigh Whannell, fans of the genre will have a chance to explore some terrifying stories every month.

2025 comes hot with the continuation of Renny Harlin's The Strangers trilogy, a Stephen King adaptation by Longlegs' director, the revival of the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise, as well as many new titles that offer a twist to their genre and promise a thrilling theatrical experience. Not only that, but next year brings seven Blumhouse productions,...

A mysterious presence lurks within a family’s new home, silently observing their most private and unsettling moments. Directed by the acclaimed Steven Soderbergh—renowned for groundbreaking films like Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Ocean’s Eleven, and Contagion—Presence is a chilling and innovative thriller written by celebrated screenwriter David Koepp.

We recently spoke with the film’s impressive cast, which includes veteran actress Lucy Liu, fan favorite Chris Sullivan (This Is Us), and talented newcomers Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland. Each actor brought unique energy to their roles, contributing to the film’s haunting and emotional core.

Filmed entirely from a first-person point of view, Presence marks another daring and technically ambitious project from Soderbergh, a director who continuously pushes the boundaries of cinematic storytelling. His unconventional approach to shooting gives the audience an unnervingly intimate perspective, immersing them fully into the eerie world of the film.

During our interviews,...

Steven Soderbergh has never been one to shy away from formal experimentation. Whether he is working within the studio system or independently, shooting on 16mm film or an iPhone, innovation is his trademark. His next audacious venture arrives in the form of Presence, which was shot in secret in the summer of 2023 and finds the filmmaker reinventing the paranormal thriller through an original point of view — in more ways than one.

Soderbergh acts as his own cinematographer, and his camera assumes the first-person perspective of a ghost, floating through the hallways of a spacious, suburban home. Matriarch Rebecca (Lucy Liu) and her nuclear family have moved in, and the spirit watches on as a seemingly idyllic unit begins to show its cracks. Captured in hypnotic long takes and wide angles, Rebecca fawns over her star-athlete son Tyler (Eddy Maday) while her daughter Chloe (Callina Liang) languishes in isolation. In the next room,...

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Steven Soderbergh is one of Hollywood's most creative and refreshing directors, with the silver screen staple as the genius mind behind a slew of critically acclaimed hits like Out of Sight, Traffic, the Ocean's trilogy, and The Informant!, among an endless list of other fan-favorites. Celebrated as a pioneer of modern independent cinema, the gifted filmmaker has been the recipient of many prestigious accolades, like an Academy Award and the Palme d'Or, becoming the youngest solo director to receive the former prize at just 26 years old.

For the 2025 horror film Presence, Soderbergh teamed up with fellow cinema legend David Koepp to craft a unique and thrilling haunted house tale that provides an electrifying twist on the go-to spooky genre, finding inspiration for his latest project from an unlikely source: the...

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2024 was a great year for horror fans as we got horrifyingly beautiful films like Nosferatu and Longlegs. While 2024 was a great year, 2025 is going to be something as we will see the release of much-anticipated films like the Last Conjuring film and Guillermo del Toro‘s take on the classic novel Frankenstein. So, we decided to compile a list of the most anticipated horror films that are coming in 2025.

Presence (January 24) Credit – Neon

Presence is an upcoming supernatural horror thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by David Koepp. The upcoming film revolves around a family who move into a suburban neighborhood and soon believe their house is haunted. While the plot for Presence sounds like a typical horror film, the ultimate twist, aka hook for the upcoming Soderbergh film, is that the film is shot from the ghost’s perspective.

In Theaters January 24, 2025 Directed by Steven Soderbergh Written by David Koepp Produced by Julie M. Anderson and Ken Meyer Starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, West Mulholland, Eddy Maday, and Julia Fox A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. 85 minutes

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Lucy Liu is hitting the black carpet for the premiere of her new horror movie!

The 56-year-old Emmy-nominated actress stepped out for the premiere of Presence on Thursday night (January 16) held at AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City.

For the event, Lucy went gothic chic in a black lace and sheer dress.

Keep reading to find out more…Here’s a synopsis: “Following a hypnotic prologue in which the camera glides weightlessly through an unfurnished house, we are introduced to a realtor (Julia Fox) showing the premises to married couple Rebekah (Liu) and Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their kids, Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Callina Liang). The family moves in, but their occupancy fails to infuse the home with warmth. Rather, a litany of problems are revealed: Rebekah is in trouble at work, Chloe is grieving a friend who recently died of an overdose, and Tyler’s buddy...

Neon has debuted the final trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s new supernatural thriller ‘Presence.’

A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.

Directed by Soderbergh from a script by David Koepp, the cast includes Lucy Liu, Julia Fox. Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday and West Mulholland.

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Steven Soderbergh’s unique-sounding horror Presence releases in the UK next week, and we have a new trailer to stoke our anticipation.

A new Steven Soderbergh film is always a treat, and we’ve lucky enough to have had plenty of them in the last few years. One of the things that make Soderbergh’s films a joy to watch are his unique takes on genre tropes – and Presence, his forthcoming horror, looks to make good on that approach. As the trailer showcases, the film is shot entirely from the perspective of the spectre that haunts the residents of a suburban house.

Releasing in the UK on the 24th January, the story is framed from the perspective of ‘a supernatural entity that stalks an ordinary suburban family.’ The film was first screened at Sundance early this year, before being picked picked up for distribution by Neon. The boutique distributor has...

"Will leave you gasping for air." "A spellbinding horror film." Neon has debuted a final official trailer for Steven Soderbergh's ghost story horror film Presence - following up the main official trailer released last fall. Ready to open in theaters in just a few weeks after a long wait. This originally premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival one year ago and is a chilling flip on the haunted house concept - it's a shot-in-one-location thriller about a ghost's presence inside a house. A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. The rest of the story must not be spoiled - wait until you watch it in theaters to find out what happens next. Presence stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland. It's a chilling, very unsettling film with a smooth camera following a ghost that drifts...

Neon has shared the official trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s new horror film Presence, opening in theaters on January 24, 2025. In the film, a family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.

With a runtime of 85 minutes, Presence was rated R by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violence, drug material, language, sexuality and teen drinking.

It’s there before the family even moves in. It witnesses the family’s most intimate uncomfortable moments. It navigates the family’s new house at supernatural speed. It pays unusual attention to Chloe, the teenage girl who’s neither her mother’s nor her brother’s favorite.

It wants — no, it needs — something. And as time goes on, the presence pieces together how it might accomplish its goal. The movie is an unusual, unnerving and emotional thriller from writer David Koepp and director Steven Soderbergh.

Principal photography for the film took place in Cranford,...

At the start of 2024, JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray got to check out the Sundance Film Festival premiere of director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp’s ghost story Presence, and in his 7/10 review (which you can read Here), he described the film as “a supernatural tale that’s light on horror but heavy on heart.” A wider audience will have the chance to see the movie now that we have switched over to our 2025 calendars, as Neon is planning to give Presence a limited theatrical release on January 24th – and with that date swiftly approaching, the film’s final trailer has now dropped online. You can check it out in the embed above.

The story of Presence gets rolling when a family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone. A supernatural force has infiltrated the house, and taken a specific interest in the couple’s daughter.

A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone in Steven Soderbergh’s Presence, a horror film that’s uniquely told from the perspective of the ghost.

Neon releases Presence in theaters on January 24, 2025.

Watch the official final trailer for Presence below.

In Presence, “A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone. A supernatural force has infiltrated the house, and taken a specific interest in the couple’s daughter.”

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Soderbergh reunites with writer David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) to give an innovative new spin on the quintessential ghost story. From the opening frame until the end credits, audiences see the thrilling story unfold through chilling narrative twists via an experimentation with form and technique. Using the camera’s gaze as the ghost’s observing eyes isn’t the only trick...

Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh took inspiration from a surprising source for his new horror/thriller, Presence, starring Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us). The director, who was behind films like Ocean’s 11, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic, said the cable series Celebrity Ghost Stories, which premiered on the A&e network in 2009, influenced his newest film.

Per GamesRadar+, via SFX magazine, Soderbergh talked about how the reality series played a part in making Presence, which is shot entirely from the ghost’s perspective. Presence tells the story of a family convinced that they are not alone after moving into their new suburban home.

“One of my favorite shows is Celebrity Ghost Stories,” Soderbergh said. “You’ve got to see it! You can tell people were traumatized by these experiences - they’re not kidding around.” He explained, “What distinguished a lot of those stories was that they often didn’t...

Last Updated on December 16, 2024

A new year is nearly upon us – and 2025 is set to bring a whole lot of horror to our screens! So genre fans can start planning what they’re going to see over the next year, we have put together a 2025 Horror Preview, which can be seen below. Of course, at this point we don’t even know about all of the cool horror movies that will be coming our way, so you can expect to see this list get some updates as more titles are announced and more release dates revealed. For now, here’s what we have:

Wolf Man – Theatrical, January 17

Back in 2020, director Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse Productions teamed up for a well-received update of the classic Universal Pictures horror property The Invisible Man. Now, they’re reviving another Universal monster, the Wolf Man, with the story of a man whose family is...

A new feature film with a solid cast has been announced. The cast will reunite two stars of Sons of Anarchy along with fan favorites from Breaking Bad and From.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the starring cast has been revealed for the upcoming indie drama movie Out Come the Wolves. The film will reportedly star Ryan Hurst (The Walking Dead) and Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black), both of whom appeared in the earlier seasons of Sons of Anarchy. The movie will also star Giancarlo Esposito and Harold Perrineau, with other attached cast members including Orlando Norman, Spence Moore II, Heidi Grace Engerman, Cassady McClincy Zhang, Sam Rechner, West Mulholland, and Curran Walters.

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Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, Taryn Manning and Ryan Hurst have joined the cast of Out Come the Wolves, an indie drama which is marking the directorial debut of producer Danny Peykoff.

The feature is currently shooting in Portland, Oregon and stars Orlando Norman and Spence Moore II, along with Heidi Grace Engerman and Cassady McClincy Zhang. Sam Rechner, West Mulholland and Curran Walters are also on the call sheet.

Set against the East Bay punk music scene in the mid 1990s, Wolves is a story of grit and dreams in a world of violence and desperation. Norman, Moore, Engerman and Zhang play a tight-knit group of high school friends dreaming of escaping the blighted city in which they live.

Esposito is playing a ruthless and sadistic mid-level kingpin with a smooth attitude and a deadly smile, while Perrineau is playing Moore’s father, laying all his hopes and dreams on...

Deadline reports that Steven Soderbergh is setting up the cast for his next project, with Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), and James Corden (Cats) signing on.

Titled The Christophers, the dark comedy is “about the estranged children of a once-famous artist who hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be discovered and sold after his death.” The movie has been scripted by Ed Solomon, who has worked with Soderbergh on several projects, including No Sudden Move, Full Circle, and Mosaic. Production will kick off in London in February.

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Soderbergh has several movies set to debut in the new year. First up is Presence, a psychological thriller about a family who moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone after a...

Up-and-comers Orlando Norman and Spence Moore II along with Heidi Grace Engerman and Cassady McClincy Zhang are starring in Out Come the Wolves, an indie drama which is marking the directorial debut of producer Danny Peykoff.

Sam Rechner, West Mulholland and Curran Walters are also cast in the feature that began shooting in Portland, Oregon this week. Big Newport Studios, founded by Peykoff, is financing and backing the production, which is also the company’s inaugural project.

Set against the East Bay punk music scene in the mid 1990s, Wolves is a story of grit and dreams in a world of violence and desperation. Norman, Moore, Engerman and Zhang play a tight-knit group of high school friends vying to escape the blighted city in which they live. Getting away isn’t so easy, however, when the streets are full of metaphorical predators and prophets at every turn and the story,...

Una casa suburbana habitada por una entidad misteriosa. © Neon

Se ha publicado un nuevo tráiler de Presence, el thriller psicológico del director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), que tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival de Sundance y abrió el Festival de Sitges.

Presence sigue a una familia que se muda a una casa de las afueras y se convence de que no están solos, sino rodeados por una entidad misteriosa. Está ahí incluso antes de que la familia se mude. Es testigo de los momentos más íntimos e incómodos de la familia. Recorre la nueva casa de la familia a una velocidad sobrenatural. Presta una atención inusual a Chloe, la adolescente que no es la favorita ni de su madre ni de su hermano. Quiere algo. Y a medida que pasa el tiempo, la presencia va descifrando cómo podría lograr su objetivo.

La película está protagonizada por Lucy Liu (Kill Bill: Volumen 1...

Multiple spooky projects picked Halloween to show off new photos and trailers, including Neon’s Presence. Directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by David Koepp, Presence‘s trailer shows the story is being told from a ghost’s point of view.

The cast features Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland. Koepp and Corey Bayes serve as executive producers. Soderbergh’s behind-the-scenes team includes production designer April Lasky, costume designer Marci Rodgers, and himself as editor and cinematographer.

Neon’s short and simple description reads: “A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.”

Presence opens in theaters on January 17, 2025.

Poster for ‘Presence’ (Photo credit: Neon)

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Steven Soderbergh is gearing up for a busy early 2025. Before his thriller Black Bag, starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, arrives in March, we’ll finally get the release of his formally inventive ghost tale Presence. Coming from Neon a year after its Sundance premiere, the supernatural thriller starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, and Julia Fox. Ahead of the January 24 release, the new trailer has arrived.

I said in my review, “For a prolific artist, a surge of creativity can often be synonymous with a dip in quality. Though not if you are Steven Soderbergh. He’s only continued to reinvent himself and forge ahead with new technology, subjects, and structural gambles. His latest film, Presence, is a haunting ghost tale wrapped in a nuanced family drama, and one of his most formally ambitious attempts yet. What if the camera, operated by Peter Andrews (aka Soderbergh), was the ghost?...

"The world cracks apart... and you fall into this hole... And the sides are mud and you can't get out... And you wonder where they are...?" Neon has finally revealed the main official trailer for Steven Soderbergh's ghost story film Presence. This first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and is a chilling flip on the haunted house concept - it's a shot-in-one-location thriller about a family that moves into a new home. Opening in limited theaters starting January 2025 early next year - catch this soon. A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. The rest of the story must not be spoiled - wait until you watch it in theaters. Presence stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland. It's a chilling, very unsettling film with a smooth camera following a ghost that drifts around this...

Steven Soderbergh’s Presence delivers a new spin on the haunted house movie, and Neon has unveiled the official trailer highlighting just how unconventional: it’s told from the perspective of the ghost.

Presence releases theatrically in select cities on January 17, 2025.

Check out the official trailer for Presence below.

I wrote in my review, “Soderbergh reunites with Kimi screenwriter David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) to give an innovative new spin on the quintessential ghost story. Presence frames its haunted events entirely from the perspective of its ghost. From the opening frame until the end credits, audiences see the thrilling story unfold through chilling narrative twists via Soderbergh’s experimentation with form and technique. Using the camera’s gaze as the ghost’s observing eyes isn’t the only trick up Soderbergh and Koepp’s sleeves, ensuring this exciting shakeup of the haunted house keeps you guessing.”

“Presence gives a contemporary,...

At the start of the year, JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray got to check out the Sundance Film Festival premiere of director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp’s ghost story Presence, and in his 7/10 review (which you can read Here), he described the film as “a supernatural tale that’s light on horror but heavy on heart.” A wider audience will have the chance to see the movie soon after we switch over to our 2025 calendars, as Neon is planning to give Presence a limited theatrical release on January 17th. Neon has already released three teaser trailers for the film, but today a full trailer has made its way online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

The story of Presence gets rolling when a family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone. A supernatural force has infiltrated the house, and...

A year after premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh’s haunted house experiment “Presence” will finally hit theaters — on January 24, 2025. Neon scooped the movie out of the Park City lineup at the top of this year, now adding “Presence” to its growing roster of horror movies (and isn’t that the growing roster of any Hollywood company right now?) after “Longlegs” and “Immaculate” did strong business this year. In a most unusual twist on the haunted house movie, this film about a suburban family who discovers they are not alone in their new home is shot entirely from the perspective of the ghost. Watch the full trailer for “Presence” below.

Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan play the heads of a family whose marriage is already fracturing when they move into a handsome, century-old home in a good school district (with Julia Fox briefly making a cameo as their...

Halloween continues to be a good day for frightening first looks and terrifying trailers. This time around, Steven Soderbergh has reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out something new and exciting for his latest horror feature. As the Presence trailer demonstrates, the camera itself is doing the haunting in this atmospheric film,...

"Sometimes it feels like our country is at war with itself." Gravitas Ventures has revealed the official trailer for an indie film titled A Great Divide, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jean Shim. This premiered last year at the Bentonville Film Fest, playing at the Heartland & Hawaii Film Festivals as well, though this is the first time we've encountered it. Always good to discover more "where did this come from?" indie gems. The Lee family leave the Bay Area for a fresh start living in the rural expanses of Wyoming, only to encounter hostility, racism, and xenophobia in their new small town community. How they confront these issues will break them – or make them stronger. A Great Divide also focuses on their son Benjamin, played Emerson Min, struggling with his new life. Jae Suh Park and Ken Jeong co-star as his parents, along with MeeWha Alana Lee as Grandma,...

At the start of the year, JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray got to check out the Sundance Film Festival premiere of director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp’s ghost story Presence, and in his 7/10 review (which you can read Here), he described the film as “a supernatural tale that’s light on horror but heavy on heart.” A wider audience will have the chance to see the movie soon after we switch over to our 2025 calendars, as Neon is planning to give Presence a limited theatrical release on January 17th. Neon released a ton of teasers in the build-up to the release of their film Longlegs earlier this year, and now they’re taking a similar approach to their marketing of Presence. Four months out from the movie’s release, we’ve already seen two teaser trailers, and now a third teaser trailer has made its way online. You...

Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is taking on a new challenge with his upcoming movie “Presence.” Scheduled for release in January 2025, the supernatural thriller tells a unique ghost story from the perspective of the haunting spirit. Critics gave strong early praise for “Presence” when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

Unlike typical haunted house movies, “Presence” allows viewers to experience the unfolding events through the eyes of the ghost itself. This unconventional storytelling approach provides a fresh take on a familiar genre. The film follows a family who moves into a suburban home and becomes convinced they are not alone in the house. Soderbergh directs from a script by veteran screenwriter David Koepp.

“Presence” assembles an impressive cast that includes Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, and Julia Fox. While Soderbergh has directed many different genres over his career, “Presence” marks his first pure horror movie.

"In this house she will feel a... presence." This is the scariest one yet! Neon has unveiled a third freaky teaser trailer for Steven Soderbergh's ghost story film Presence. This originally premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and is one of the best horror films out of this year's fest, a intriguing shot-in-one-location thriller about a family that moves into a very nice house. Neon has confirmed that the film opens in limited theaters in January 2025 early next year - it's worth the wait. A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. The rest of the story must not be spoiled - wait until you watch it in theaters. Presence stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland. Stay tuned for more... It's a clever film with a smooth camera following a ghost that drifts around this...

Steven Soderbergh’s Presence delivers a new spin on the haunted house movie, and a third mysterious teaser trailer has been released by distributor Neon this afternoon.

Presence releases theatrically in select cities on January 17, 2025.

Check out teaser trailer #3 for Presence below.

Meagan wrote in her review, “Soderbergh reunites with Kimi screenwriter David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) to give an innovative new spin on the quintessential ghost story. Presence frames its haunted events entirely from the perspective of its ghost. From the opening frame until the end credits, audiences see the thrilling story unfold through chilling narrative twists via Soderbergh’s experimentation with form and technique. Using the camera’s gaze as the ghost’s observing eyes isn’t the only trick up Soderbergh and Koepp’s sleeves, ensuring this exciting shakeup of the haunted house keeps you guessing.”

“Presence gives a contemporary, innovative new spin on the haunted house...

Una casa suburbana habitada por una entidad misteriosa. © Neon

Ya se ha publicado el tráiler de Presence, el thriller psicológico del director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), que tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival de Sundance y que abrirá el Festival de Sitges con la presencia de su director.

Presence sigue a una familia que se muda a una casa de las afueras y se convence de que no están solos, sino rodeados por una entidad misteriosa. Está ahí incluso antes de que la familia se mude. Es testigo de los momentos más íntimos e incómodos de la familia. Recorre la nueva casa de la familia a una velocidad sobrenatural. Presta una atención inusual a Chloe, la adolescente que no es la favorita ni de su madre ni de su hermano. Quiere algo. Y a medida que pasa el tiempo, la presencia va descifrando cómo podría lograr su objetivo.

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West Mulholland is stepping out for his biggest red carpet appearance yet!

The rising star was joined by co-stars Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan at the premiere of his new movie Presence at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday (September 13) in Toronto, Canada.

Also in attendance were co-star Callina Liang, director Steven Soderbergh, and producer Ken Meyer.

West has previously been seen in episodes of Little Fires Everywhere and Animal Kingdom. This will be one of his first major movie roles!

Here’s a synopsis: “Following a hypnotic prologue in which the camera glides weightlessly through an unfurnished house, we are introduced to a realtor (Julia Fox) showing the premises to married couple Rebekah (Liu) and Chris (Sullivan) and their kids, Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Liang). The family moves in, but their occupancy fails to infuse the home with warmth. Rather, a litany of problems are revealed: Rebekah is in trouble at work,...