Credit: NEON Koepp expanded on this: "In the last 10 to 15 years, horror has really been prominent and changed. Gore and jump scares are huge. When people hear horror, they think of that. When I think of horror,

This article discusses the plot and ending of "Presence," now playing in theaters. As with many ghost stories, the presence in "Presence" has a good reason to haunt its house. After watching on as the Payne family turns against one another,

Over Zoom I spoke to Koepp about writing within the confines of the film’s single point-of-view, the value of what’s left out of a story, dreams and screenwriting, and his thoughts on the business of screenwriting today. Presence opens January 24, 2025 from NEON.

Campfire tales of spectres, spirits, and spooks have been with us since Day One. Certainly, they've proved good fodder for the cinema.

In 1989, both Steven Soderbergh and "Presence" screenwriter David Koepp had movies at the Sundance Film Festival. While the two didn't meet that year — Koepp was not in attendance for his "Bad Influence,

Koepp's writing is thorny and cuts deceptively deep, like a scrape that looks like a surface wound until it won’t stop bleeding.

The actor admits that Soderbergh's unusual way of capturing the film — told from a ghost's point of view — was a challenge to get used to: "it took the first day of shooting and a mini panic attack."

Koepp has proven himself to be one of Hollywood’s preeminent screenwriters since Steven ... as with David Fincher’s home invasion thriller “Panic Room” or Soderbergh’s own tech-skeptic ...

In 1989, both Steven Soderbergh and “Presence” screenwriter David Koepp had movies at the Sundance Film Festival. While the two didn’t meet that year — Koepp was not in attendance for his ...

Producer Ken Myers, screenwriter David Koepp, producer Julie M. Anderson, and director Steven Soderbergh pose at the "Presence" premiere. Producer Ken Myers, screenwriter David Koepp, producer ...

I know it’s really sick,” screenwriter David Koepp says, discussing the ending ... of others more acutely.” For director Steven Soderbergh, “Presence” represents an efficiently produced ...

Presence” captures the unfiltered rawness of family life through the point-of-view of a ghost in an exceptionally experimental way. As a family settles into their new house, secrets and tensions are revealed while the plot unravels into a nail-biting,