The article discusses the promising start of 2025 for horror films, highlighting a variety of movies that deal with themes of family secrets and unique storytelling perspectives. Among them is 'Presence', directed by Steven Soderbergh, which, despite framing itself as a horror film through a ghost's perspective, leans more towards family drama. The filmmaking technique effectively uses dynamic camera movements to convey dramatic emotions, resulting in a movie that is heartwarming rather than terrifying, earning a low scariness score but high critical praise. The list of favorite horror films will be updated as the year progresses.
The year is off to a great start, at least as far as horror movies are concerned. There are films about family secrets ranging from ridiculously silly to heartbreaking and tragic.
More importantly, however, is the fact that it's just a really excellent movie. Director Steven Soderbergh, ever a master of formal experimentation in film, turns the gimmicky premise of a movie from a ghost's perspective into an excuse to shoot dramatic scenes.
Presence isn't really too tense, and it doesn't have any gore at all, so this one ranks low on our scariness scale, but high in our hearts.
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