Presence

Warning : SPOILERS forward for Presence . Director Steven Soderbergh’sPresencecrafts an enchant supernatural mystery in which an unobserved trace frequent a suburban home base . The spirit ’s identity is a mystery to thecharacters inPresencefor most of the film , as the audience only see the events taking place from the trace ’s detail of prospect . However , Presence ’s ending scenereveals the ghostwriter is Tyler ( Eddy Maday ) to both Rebekah ( Lucy Liu ) and the consultation .

It ’s a shocking , well - execute twist , especially give that the spook is able-bodied to cover itself from both the Payne family and the audience throughoutPresence . The way of life that Tyler ’s ghost show itself when it does match with his character ’s journeying as a liveliness finding its purposein the hereafter . It also terminate this unconventional horror flick on a haunting and cathartic banknote for Rebekah , Tyler , and the rest of their family .

Presence’s Ghost Looks At Itself In The Mirror At The End

The Presence Only Shows Its Face In The Film’s Final Moments

In theending ofPresence , as the Payne family is be active out of their house , Rebekah sees her Logos Tyler in the mirror ’s reflection just as the Presence await into it . This moment is the only time when the Presence sees itself in the mirror , lastly showing that Tyler was the spirit all along . This revealing causes Rebekah to call and break down in binge , with the Presence leaving her as her family consoles her . Notably , the plastic film set up this reveal of the Presence ’s identity from early in the tarradiddle .

Though the the true about the spectre in Presence may seem to come out of nowhere , several little details in this horror picture touch at the spectre ’s identity .

Cece ( Julia Fox ) , the realtor who sells the house to the Payne family , manoeuver out the silver nitrate chalk mirror in the living way , indicating it will play a meaning role later in the film . It is implied that this special mirror has unique properties that permit it to show spirits , as watch when Tyler ’s reflexion appears in it and no other mirrors throughout the movie . Whether or not only this mirror could reveal ghosts , the photographic film win in set up its function in salute Tyler ’s liveliness in the terminal scene .

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Presence’s Ghost Wasn’t Visible Before Because Its Identity Was A Mystery

The Film Suggests The Presence Itself Didn’t Know Who It Is

When the medium Lisa ( Natalie Woolams - Torres ) investigates the Payne kinsperson ’s household , she claims that the Presence haunting their plate is confused and"suffering"like them . She also states that the Presence is fight to empathize its place in the afterlife , confusing dissimilar points in clip as it tries to calculate things out . This scene implies that the Presence did n’t even know who it was before it diedand was still trying to piece together its identity operator and function .

Only then does Tyler ’s spirit finally appear straight at himself in the mirror , accepting the fact that he is dead while revealing himself to Rebekah .

too , chances are that the Presence does n’t project out the Sojourner Truth about itself until the ending of the movie . It is only after helping Tyler save Chloe ’s ( Callina Liang ) animation and witnessing his death that the Presence can clearly see who it is and how it died . Only then does Tyler ’s spirit finally look flat at himself in the mirror , accepting the fact that he is dead while reveal himself to Rebekah .

Callina Liang in Presence

Presence’s Ghost Made Itself Visible To Give The Mom Closure

The Presence Gives Itself & Rebecca The Ability To Move On

Rebekah is clearly panicky whenTyler shows himself at the destruction ofPresence . However , this final glimpse at her son permit her know that he is the Presence and that he was trying to protect Chloe from Ryan ( West Mulholland ) throughout the movie . This moment also seems to have bring Rebekah nearer to her family after being so distant from them for most of the film . As Chris ( Chris Sullivan ) and Chloe hold and comfort her after she catch Tyler ’s ghost , his last seems to have inadvertently made his family strongerthan ever .

Liu and Sullivan share stories of Steven Soderbergh ’s record - time shoot schedule on Presence and reveal their interpretations of the photographic film ’s ending .

Not only that ; Tyler ’s spirit is finally capable to move on to the afterlife after it unveil itself to Rebeckah . It is only after this moment thatthe Presence leaves the house for the first and last sentence in the cinema . This signify that the spirit is no longer bound to the house now that its purpose has been fulfilled , let it to come up into the Great Beyond .

Lucy Liu in Presence

After helping the dwell Tyler save Chloe , the Presence realizes who it is and what he was meant to do , literally and symbolically seeing itself for the first prison term .

The ghost inPresenceonly prove itself once in the movie ’s final scene point how far the spirit has come as a case . After help the living Tyler save Chloe , the Presence realizes who it is and what he was mean to do , literally and symbolically seeing itself for the first time . Tyler ’s touch reveal himself to Rebekah not only brings her nigher to her family but also lets them get it on that it was always looking out for them . And with the television camera hovering above the house , the film terminate on an emotionally transcendent note fitting for this supernatural kin drama .

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