Mira Sorvino with Shane West as The Ghost in the backgroundįor the first half-hour, Tom Provost creates a beautifully delicate mood. In one scene, Shane West sees Curran whispering in Mira Sorvino’s ear invisible to her whereupon her mood abruptly changes. Who exactly is the hooded figure that sits in the boat saying nothing as the storekeeper (Muse Watson) across the lake comes to make his delivery – it is a ghost too? Things become even more captivating with the appearance of the enigmatic figure in black played by Scottish actor Tony Curran.
The pace throughout these establishing scenes is the slow, accumulative, atmospherically focused approach of a classical ghost story.Īs the film slowly builds, Tom Provost creates something fascinating out of it. Then comes the arrival of Mira Sorvino and, as West hovers in the background, it becomes apparent that he is a ghost.
THE PRESENCE MOVIE SKIN
In the first few shots, he seems like a normal figure inside a house but it quickly becomes apparent that it is not – he sits blank and unreactive, has skin that is much paler than usual. The film captivates from the opening moments as Shane West sits in the cabin. But it is also holds an atmosphere that keeps coming back to you some days after watching it. In many ways, The Presence is an annoyingly opaque film. Myrick also has an alternate career nowadays as a producer of horror films with the likes of Rest Stop (2006), Sublime (2007), Alien Raiders (2008), Otis (2008) and Blair Witch (2016). The most interesting name on the credits is that of executive producer Daniel Myrick, one of the co-directors of The Blair Witch Project (1999) who subsequently solo directed Believers (2007), The Objective (2008), Solstice (2008), Under the Bed (2017) and Skyman (2020). The Presence is a directorial debut for writer-director Tom Provost, who had previously worked as an actor and had written the script for Under Suspicion (2000).
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