Stir of Echoes (1999)
69 %
Reviews Counted: 102 Fresh: 70 Rotten:32 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Consensus:
Kevin Bacon's acting is so genuine that it's creepy and director David Keopp knows how to create true suspense.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon), husband and father of a precocious young son, finds his blue-collar Chicago existence altered after he is hypnotized at a neighborhood party. What started as a diversion turns disturbing as a post-hypnotic suggestion releases a subconscious power Tom didn't know... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn
Director: David Koepp
Screenwriter: David Koepp
Producer: Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund
Composer: James Newton Howard
Screenwriter: David Koepp
Producer: Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund
Composer: James Newton Howard
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The skillful shock cuts will make you jump out of your skin, but it's the digital visualisation of the ghostly Samantha which really makes the flesh crawl.
06/24/06
Top Critic
It's nice to see he relied on more than heavy-handed filmmaking and a twist ending. I just hope audiences go for a supernatural thriller that's a little messier and doesn't feel the need to claw at their heart for two hours.
12/06/05
The cast is uniformly good, with Bacon giving the strongest performance as blue-collar Tom.
04/09/05
Bacon's performance is what makes it more than just another dead-person-walking-the-earth story. Bacon is truly a man possessed.
02/08/03
A psychological thriller about the dark side of having highly developed psychic abilities.
08/21/02
Top Critic
Even if the ending seems a bit tidy, the film is still effective and nicely creepy -- definitely worth seeing.
12/10/01
Second-time director David Koepp steers clear of silly pyrotechnics and empty show as he anchors his supernatural thriller in Tom's daily rituals, employing the racket of city life and intelligent sound edits to crank up the tension.
04/17/01
...might have been a first-rate occult thriller if director Koepp had had the confidence to stick with the unearthly side of his tale.
04/07/01
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