Stir of Echoes

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+)

Dave H This movie is one that will haunt you forever! Absolutely perfect acting. Perfectly cast. Brilliantly directed. Exactly as all movies should be but most are not. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Claudio C Stir of Echoes (1999) Still a Great Horror Movie After Almost Thirty Years (11,778 – 04 Nov 2000 / 11 Sep 2001 / 21 Jun 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) In Chicago, the working-class Tom (Kevin Bacon) lives with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and their five-year-old son Jake (Zachary David Cope) in a rented house from their neighbor Harry (Conor O'Farrell), who lives in front of them, in a friendly neighborhood. Jake is an imaginative kid and has an imaginary friend named Samantha (Jennifer Morrison). Out of the blue, Tom is warned by his sister-in-law Lisa (Illeana Douglas) that Maggie is pregnant, but he does not show enthusiasm with the information since he still expects to be promoted in the telephonic company where he works. When they go to a party at the house of his friend Frank (Kevin Dunn), Lisa talks about the course of hypnotism that she is concluding. Tom does not like her and challenges Lisa to hypnotize him. She really does and Tom discloses secrets about him and does not feel pain when pierced by a safety pin. However, Tom starts to have visions and nightmares with a teenager. He learns that the teenager Samantha vanished in the neighborhood a couple of months ago before he moved, and he is seeing her ghost. He calls Lisa and asks if she did anything else to him, and she replies that she left a pos-suggestion for him to be more open-minded. Now Tom becomes obsessed with finding something hidden in his house. “Stir of Echoes” (1999) is still a great horror movie after almost thirty years from the release. The movie by David Koepp has an excellent screenplay and is very well-developed as well as the characters. The story of supernatural mystery, obsession and discovery has a magnificent cast, highlighting Kevin Bacon and the boy Zachary David Cope, and has a good conclusion. This is the third time that I have seen this film and it is still engaging, My vote is eight. Title (Brazil): “Ecos do Além” (“Echoes from Beyond”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/22/25 Full Review Orin D Stir of Echoes is a better than average mystery/thriller & one of Kevin Bacon's finest roles. It succeeds in producing many gasp moments. (My wife had to close her eyes several times. Kathryn Erbe is excellent a Bacon's (Tom Witsky's wife) The boy who plays Tom's son is also terrific. It is good to see a rare film that has a working class setting (Tom is a lineman.) This one is absolutely worth watching. Orin P. Domenico Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/09/25 Full Review Larry L Threw the years this has been a favorite of mine. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Tom F Some nice bits, a good idea, and well acted, but largely generic and forgettable. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/14/25 Full Review Whistlerworld S Great suspense with a chilling style Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Read all reviews

Stir of Echoes

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Most Popular at Home Now