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 ...
But more than anything, it’s a family therapy session filtered through a horror movie in a way that practically makes the spooky bits superfluous. The haunted-house aspect is almost a red herring.
And should she heed its warnings? Well, what makes “Presence” interesting is that, yes, it is a haunted house movie and, yes, each of the family members have their own issues and secrets.
They’ve decided to buy a house — well, Rebecca decided they were going to buy this particular house, period, full stop — in suburban New Jersey. As their real estate agent (Julia Fox ...