Product Description Tom Wiztky (Kevin Bacon) is a normal, hard-working family man whose life is turned upside down when he is hypnotised at a neighbourhood party. He starts seeing things he cannot explain and the visions get more graphic and horrific. He then begins to realise that the visions are of an unsolved crime. When his nightmares start to come true, Tom has had enough, only to find that the more he wants out the more he wants to solve the crime. .co.uk Review The only real problem with Stir of Echoes has nothing to do with the movie itself, but with unlucky coincidence. Adapted from a Richard Matheson novel, this film arrived around the same time as The Sixth Sense. Surface similarities made it suffer by cursory comparison and the competing film's phenomenal success. It's a pity, because this one features one of Kevin Bacon's best performances, in a psychological thriller that makes a lot more right moves than wrong ones. Bacon plays a blue-collar guy who laments his ordinary life, only to learn, when his sister-in-law (Ileanna Douglas) hypnotizes him, that he is a "receiver" capable of seeing spirits and split-second glimpses of past and future events. It's a torturous gift to have--especially since his friendly Chicago neighbourhood possesses a dark secret--and Bacon plays the role with an appropriate mixture of obsession and internalised torment. Similarity to The Sixth Sense applies only to the basic premise and the character of Bacon's young son. Otherwise, this is more of a hard-edged journey of self-discovery, marital crisis, and recovery, with Bacon's wife (played by the highly underrated Kathryn Erbe) involved in an underdeveloped sub-plot about a group of people who share Bacon's gift as paranormal "receivers". Furthering his career as a writer-director of intelligent thrillers, David Koepp makes a few mis-steps in pacing and thematic overkill, but overall Stir of Echoes is a sharp, sensitive thriller that unfolds to reveal a dramatically satisfying solution to its mystery. --Jeff Shannon, .com
C**F
All fine with product
Great film.Good overall quality.All packaged well.
S**T
Good Psychological Thriller
Saw this film a few years ago late one night on BBC1 and enjoyed it. It came out the same time as Sixth Sense and didn't really get the praise of the other film (Frequency is another film that came out about the same time too, but again didn't get the praise it deserved)'Stir Of Echoes' basically is the story of a man who becomes 'open-to suggestion' after going to a party and letting himself being hypnotised and thats when his problems begin. You can see him more or less falling apart as he cannot explain the things he is seeing. One of the best clips is where he is looking at himself in the bathroom mirror and thinks he is losing his teeth, the other is where he finds the girls body in the house he lives in..Not to everyones taste, but if you enjoy this type of thriller, I reccommend it..:-)
M**7
Underrated, Suspenseful Movie
This was a very good film that was overshadowed by the success of The Sixth Sense which explored similar themes. Kevin Bacon gives a good performance, as does Kathryn Erbe. The plot is suspenseful and the director creates a serious tone, reminding us that beneath the surface of idyllic neighbourhoods lies a disturbing propensity for evil. Some aspects of the story are not original, but this doesn't detract from the overall enjoyment. Personally, I wasn't scared by Stir Of Echoes but it still works as a strong thriller.
C**A
STIR OF ECHOES: CHILLING DOMESTIC DRAMA!
Chilling domestic drama. The film has a chilling atmosphere that is helped by the music by James Newton Howard. There are some good funeral scenes with views of cemeteries. The plot follows the story of a a man who after hypnosis develops a sixth sense that leads him to discover a bizarre murder in the neighbourhood.
D**R
Amazing
Brilliantly written and cast. A really enjoyable film from start to finish. the sort you get comfy for and get fed up if you need to stop it for a wee.
A**N
Always liked this movie
Before KB became the creepy EE guy
S**A
Love this mobie
Extremely good movie.Pop it on alot.
A**R
Scary
I had only seen this film once before a d although it had a great storyline I was frightened. It is truly scary
M**E
Angst mit Echo
Ich liebe solche Filme, mit Hypnose, und Vergangenheit, und Keller und sonstige Geheimnisse. Ist gut gemacht, kann man sich gerne nochmal anschauen
P**1
La recomiendo ampliamente!
El producto llegó en perfecto estado!Viene en idioma inglés y subtitulado en español lo cual es genial. Ya que a veces solo vienen en inglés pero con subtitulos en francés
A**K
ITS JUST THE STREET LIGHT SHINING DOWN ON ME
Hey it's Sunnydale Girl here....I had to make a review of this cause I was watching The Shining last night which got me thinking of this movie.....I know a lot of people thought this was just The Darker version of The 6th sense...but it was actually a book 1st made in the 70's I believe (I didn't read it, I stand firm on my if I love the movie.....then that DOESN'T mean that the book will make it better rule) and I didn't really care why others didn't like it. I loved it and so do my guy and my friends....so let's start from the top. I lit a candle and I need you to picture one of those great old movie theatre's; and its an empty theatre, the walls are black......the rest of the theatre is completely drenched in black...theirs long black letters on the screen, they're blurry at 1st and as you get closer you start to notice a few things......The Theatre is no longer empty as you see a boy the age of 8 and an older girl sitting next to him wearing an old Orange jacket and thick glasses. It's strange but you know that the girls a ghost and the boy has the special ability to talk to ghost to help them...after that you have to know more.....Now I saw this movie after the 6th sense and at 1st I liked this one more cause of the story line....but later I linked the 6th sense and this one all up with The Shining.....(even with Simpson's version of The Shining....where Groundskeeper Willy says you've got the shinning......Bart says...Oh you mean Shining.....and he says......shhh! You wanna get sued, which is funny cause I've seen 50000 spoofs of this, my 2nd favorite being the South Park episode at the old Blockbuster Stan's dad bought. Which brings me to the cemetery scene in Stir of Echoes. The boy walks past a tall black man who says The Boys got the second sight.....x-Ray....the father 2. And I thought this was one of Kevin Bacon's best roles.....the other and this is gonna date me......was Tremors. The mom I thought was a tad annoying cause she took a long while 2 understand what was going on, and wasn't exactly being supportive....until a while in the movie. As for the little boy, as far as I'm concerned....I like him....Haley Joel Osment and Danny. I thought the clues were Really cool, my favorite was the movie theatre intro I did.....and how he kept humming Paint It Black.....A song which the mom knew but wasn't sure why the kid was singing it...and in turn he wasn't sure either...I liked how the day the murder happened started coming to life in bits and pieces of clues that Kevin Bacon had to figure out, and I liked how when the girl got her retribution.....she was released and got to leave this plane ( in fact that's the song I used for my Headline.) And leaving what ended up being a pretty bad neighborhood knowing that the husband and the son were different, but they could still be a family.
D**O
echi mortali
bellissimo!!!sulla linea del sesto senso ma non scontato e pieno di tensionetiene ben incollati alla tv dall'inizio alla fine
S**C
Super
Je suis tellement contente, en français en plus !!!!
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