ghost story
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“Presence” was a ghost story about teenage loneliness, filmed from the perspective of a spirit haunting the house a grieving family has just moved into.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
She is a ghost story to keep the kids safe and away from danger, but to Mal, she is very real.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
He and Koepp had previously collaborated on “Kimi” and the ghost story “Presence,” and Soderbergh liked that the script had broad appeal.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
In a time of twisty, “prestige” supernatural horror, the good, old-fashioned ghost story has fallen by the wayside.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025
The way she told it—even now, six years later—freaked me out worse than any ghost story I’d ever heard.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
