Stir of Echoes

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1 hr. 50 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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68%

108 Reviews

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70%

50,000+ Ratings

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Blue-collar family man Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) scoffs at supernatural phenomena -- until he lets his wife's sister, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), put him into a hypnotic trance. Upon waking, Tom realizes he has a psychic connection with his son, Jake (Zachary David Cope). He also has alarming hallucinations of a missing teenage neighbor named Samantha (Jennifer Morrison). Tom, convinced his visions will lead him to the girl, begins a desperate search that puts him into a life-threatening situation.

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Critics Consensus

Kevin Bacon's acting is so genuine that it's creepy and director David Keopp knows how to create true suspense.

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Dan R

It's back to 1999 for one of my favourite creepy thrillers in 'Stir of Echoes'. SYNOPSIS: 'After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him. 'Stir of Echoes' is a seriously tense movie which is driven by the unhinged performance of Kevin Bacon. As each minute ticks by the hysteria his character is suffering rises until he is out of control. This film has been compared to, maybe unfairly, 'The Sixth Sense', and there are some clear reoccurring tropes here. But that doesn't mean it's a bad film. The film boasts a number of undeniably tense scenes, sequences and jump scares. A genuinely haunting film which appeared to want to spawn a sequel with the same cast, but actually only brought about a second rate offering with no connection to these characters at all. Gripping. 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Regina P

I could figure out where this was going very easily. It was an okay film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/31/23

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Jeffrey P

Good casting does well with an okay supernatural suspense horror that keeps the viewer engaged.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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Otto T

All the bad parts are due to 90s digital effects tropes that made early 2000s horror movies miserable. Everything else is excellent.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/23

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Connor A

This film is OK. Kevin Bacon gives a good performance but the rest of the cast is mediocre at best. The plot itself is good and there are some decent effects and scary scenes in the first half but the film gets abit silly and loses its edge in the second half. Overall it's not a bad horror film but it's not good, it's worth watching if you've got nothing better to do.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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James W

Every movement, every word of dialogue, every detail of the film adds to both the taut atmosphere and the inexorable development of the story as it advances into one of the most unforgettable psychological thrillers moviegoers will ever see. Kevin Bacon's performance was reminiscent of and surpassed his performance in Flatliners, another chilling thriller made several years earlier.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/23

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David Koepp

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Kevin Bacon

Tom Witzky

Kathryn Erbe

Maggie Witzky

Illeana Douglas

Lisa

Liza Weil

Debbie Kozac, the Babysitter

Kevin Dunn

Frank McCarthy

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David Ansen

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As the plot kicks in, the hysteria mounts and the explanations start coming, the tension starts to dissipate. Like Bacon's strenuous attempt to sound working class, the movie tries too hard.

Mar 6, 2018

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

[A] serious, atmospheric, character-driven supernatural drama.

Dec 10, 2007

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Time Out

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.

Jun 24, 2006

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Paul Lê

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Stir of Echoes is not scary in the traditional sense of the word, but it is haunting.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 23, 2023

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Tom Cassidy

Common Sense Media

By no means does it trivialize its subjects of sexual assault, murder, guilt, and cover-ups. But it keeps in mind that it's a movie first and foremost, and its job is to entertain.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 21, 2022

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

A thoughtful metaphysical chiller becomes a revenge movie, which ends up rehashing the old saw that this seemingly perfect neighborhood has a few skeletons.

Rated: C

Sep 2, 2022

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Synopsis

Blue-collar family man Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) scoffs at supernatural phenomena -- until he lets his wife's sister, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), put him into a hypnotic trance. Upon waking, Tom realizes he has a psychic connection with his son, Jake (Zachary David Cope). He also has alarming hallucinations of a missing teenage neighbor named Samantha (Jennifer Morrison). Tom, convinced his visions will lead him to the girl, begins a desperate search that puts him into a life-threatening situation.

Director: David Koepp
Executive Producer: Michele Weisler
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson, David Koepp
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment, Miramax Films
Production Co: Artisan Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.1M
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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