Stir of Echoes
| release date | September 10 1999 |
| studio | Artisan |
| director | David Koepp |
| writer | David Koepp |
| starring | Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe |
| rating | R |
| tagline | In every mind there is a door that has never been opened. |
| site | stirofechoes.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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bad timing when this was released and of course so many comparisons to the sixth sense were inevitable, that movie shadowed this one to probably be the lesser known of the two, they are both great ghost stories in very different ways, i coudlnt really say which i prefer over the other, they are both directed and written very well.
this was a good keep you guessing movie give it a one time watch.
not that good.
Stir of Echoes
6/3/2010
This movie starring Kevin Bacon is based on a story by famed author Richard Matheson, whose other work includes “I Am Legend”, “The Box” and “What Dreams May Come”. Director David Koepp is better known as a screenwriter who has written numerous blockbusters like the Jurassic Park movies, Spider Man and Panic Room.
“Stir of Echoes” is a decent ghost story, but has its flaws. Set in suburban Chicago Bacon’s character of Tom is your average blue collar worker. One night at a neighborhood party he allows his sister in-law to hypnotize him. This seems to open a door in his mind that allows him to be a “receiver” of the pleas of dead people. His son also seems to have this ability. In several scenes the kid is talking to his friend Samantha who is nobody else can see. Samantha was a teenaged girl from the neighborhood who disappeared six months back. Little kids being used as a medium for the dead to air their grievances is getting to be a pretty tired plot device in my opinion.
Tom starts to have visions and hallucinations of a horrific crime and is haunted by the ghost of Samantha. Tom goes back to his sister in-law to if she can fix him. All he finds out is that he has to start digging in his back yard and buy large quantities of orange juice. Kevin Bacon, orange juice, their must be another breakfast reference somewhere I missed. Tom completely digs up the yard and apparently didn’t hit any gas or power lines. He is obsessively digging for the truth, yet his hands look fine. My hands would be a bloody mess after a half hour. He asks around the neighborhood and the police about Samantha’s case, but they brush him off. As is customary with most movies like this there is a scene where Tom has to go down into a dark and creepy basement, and an extremely tired use of a bathroom mirror gag.
So does Samantha get her justice from beyond the grave? Are the neighbors harboring secrets? This movie is pretty formulaic in its story telling but it is pulled off well enough to be somewhat entertaining. The producer also thought so well of it that they made a direct to DVD sequel starring Rob Lowe.
an outstanding horror fiklm, at some points its pretty creepy and others it keeps you interested, worth a watch and a buy
pretty damn good movie, creepy story just keeps u intrested. def worth checkn out
Fun movie that might have been a little more popular had it not been for The Sixth Sense being released just a few weeks prior. However, The Sixth Sense was better, so don’t blame Bruce Willis. Fun movie, but not groundbreaking. GHosts are cool though. More details here:
http://thewolfmancometh.com/2010/09/29/stir-of-echoes-1999/
Awsome movie. The tension in this film is way up there.
“Stir Of Echoes” is an absolutely great horror-thriller, very tense and gripping, extremely well written and perfectly paced – in fact it’s the brilliant up-and-down/fast-and-slow-pacing I liked the most about it.
Furthermore:
* a pretty good cast; great performances from the beautiful Kathryn Erbe and the talented child performer Zachary David Cope, plus a really, really fabulous Kevin Bacon (the scene where he’s “supposed to dig” and nearly goes bonkers – hilarious!)
* lots of scary and/or highly suspenseful moments
* visually it’s often extremely stunning (the fantastic hypnosis scene, some great neighborhood shots…)
* some brilliantly entertaining dialogue (f.e. “She’s a witch. She took one look at me and guessed. Well, say something!” – “Bummer.” – “Something else.”)
* a very effective soundtrack
Wanna get scared, thrilled and entertained at the same time? Well, then you immediately have to watch this wonderful film, especially when you’re also a fan of movies like “Mothman Prophecies” or “The Return”.