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Ghost Story ‘The Presence’ Comes Alive This October
A hauntingly romantic ghost story arrives this fall as Lionsgate releases The Presence on DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on October 4. Starring Oscar winning actress Mira Sorvino (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Mighty Aphrodite, 1995), the film also features Justin Kirk (Showtime’s “Weeds”) and Shane West (A Walk to Remember). Written and directed by Tom Provost (Under Suspicion), and executive produced by The Blair Witch Project co-creator Daniel Myrick, the DVD premiere includes a “making of” featurette, audio commentary with the writer-director and storyboards with commentary.
Looking to escape the pressures of everyday life, a woman (Sorvino) travels to a secluded cabin in the woods. She’s not alone, though, because an apparition (West) inhabits the cabin and begins to stalk her. But when the woman’s boyfriend (Kirk) arrives, the spirit in the house grows darker and more obsessive. She soon starts to exhibit weird and irrational behavior and her boyfriend fears she’s been possessed by the ghost in love with her.
The flick is being billed as a romantic ghost story, but this trailer paints it as something completely different.
Are you ready to go back?
After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.