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Presence | Film Review

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  After moving into a new home with her family, Chloe (Callina Liang) soon begins to feel a mysterious presence. I knew nothing about this film beyond 'family gets haunted', but I was interested due to that alone. Haunting movies always have great potential, so I was looking forward to this. I liked this film, but it definitely wasn't what I thought it was going to be! For a start, the camera work. Without going into it too much, the film is created and shot in a really original way, putting the audience into a position that we rarely get to be in, and that was really fun. The most powerful themes of the film, grief, parenthood and childhood, are explored through a unique lens, partly down to the way everything is shot. I did feel like some of these could have been explored in more depth, but they were still interesting to see. The family dynamics feel so real that some scenes are almost hard to watch. These actors work so well together, to the point where you truly believe...