Stir of Echoes (DVD)

note: also appears on Flixster and The Student Room Stir of Echoes is based on the novel, albeit rather loosely, of the same name by Richard Matheson. Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a builder in Chicago who lives with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and son Jake (Zachary David Cope). However, one night at a party, his sister in law Lisa (Illeana Douglas) hypnotises him and places a hypnotic suggesting, imploring to be more open to things. That night, he begins seeing very strange visions about dead children, and begins to naturally freak out, wondering what Lisa has done to him. It appears that Tom is among the few able to "recieve" spirit messages, and ...  Read the complete review

Well yesterday I was sitting at home and there was nothing on TV, so I went to look at the films. I love horror films, and so when I saw this film advertised and read the synopsis, I thought it sounded pretty good, and it was better than nothing! CAST: The actors in the film are; Kevin Bacon as Tom Witzky Zachary David Cope as Jake Witzky Kathryn Erbe as Martha Witzky Illeana Dougless as Lisa Weil Jennifer Morrison as Samantha Kozac The above are the main characters in the film. THE PLOT: Tom Witzsky lives with his pregnant wife Martha and young son Jake. Tom is a sceptic, and so when his sister in law ...  Read the complete review

I don't remember ever seeing this movie advertised but it was quite neat in an off kind of way. Kevin Bacon stars as Tom,a man who was hypnotized at a party, and begins to have very weird experiences afterwards (like communications from the dead). His son, Jake, is sensitive and also begins to hear/see things. A young girl disappeared some six months previously and her sister freaks out one time after babysitting the son, and mention being made of her sister. As Tom spirals deeper into a depressive almost psycho state, his wife attempts to find out what is going on. Her husband and son, it seems, have an "eye" in a different world. The missing girl has ...  Read the complete review

Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is just an average Chicago Joe working hard as a telephone lineman to make ends meet for his family. Wife, Maggie (Kathryn Erbe), and clever young Jake (Zachary David Cope) have settled in nicely, but we the viewers see right from the start that Jake is special. Tom, well he fancies himself to be a rational, practical, and sensible man; a skeptic of life's mysteries, great or small. His sister-in-law, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), can irritate him by her very presence simply because she prefers to embrace the inexplicable. Tom and Maggie are new to the neighborhood, but were quick to make friends in the tightly knit, and relentlessly ...  Read the complete review

If you saw the smash hit Bruce Willis ghost story The Sixth Sense, then you probably let this one sneak by you. The hype surrounding that movie virtually eclipsed this one which was released at around the same time and followed on the same kind of theme. Stir of Echoes features Kevin Bacon as an ordinary family man living with his wife and son in a typical Chicago suburb. He is a typical working class guy and life is pretty avergae. However, when his hippy sister-in-law comes over and hypnotises him for a party trick, his life is about to change. She leaves a suggestion that he should open his mind more to paranormal activities...the result being disturbing ...  Read the complete review