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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Live / Artisan
Salesrank: 47241
Released: February 1, 2000 |
| Our Price: $2.24 |
| Used Price: $0.10 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial 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, and 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 neighborhood possesses a dark secret--and Bacon plays the role with an appropriate mixture of obsession and internalized 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 subplot 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 missteps 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
Stir of Echoes Reviews:
Great flick! 
2009-10-14 - This is a great flick. Kevin Bacon is great and very believable. Good cast.
good condition! Good blu ray disc!! 
2009-09-12 - Seller sent disc to me very fast. Good condition, plus a hot movie to boot!
Home Remodeling...
2009-08-08 - Kevin Bacon (Flatliners, Tremors, The River Wild, Death Sentence, etc.) is one of my favorite horror / thriller actors. He is very comfortable in creepier fare (hell, he got his start in the original Friday The 13th) like STIR OF ECHOES. Bacon plays a husband and father in Chicago, plunged into a supernatural puzzle after being hypnotized by his sister inlaw (Illeana Douglas). This man's ordinary life is shattered, forcing him to confront hidden, disturbing realities about his neighbors. SOE has equal amounts of mystery, suspense, and tragedy. The story is intelligent and the finalé is satisfying. Highly recommended...
Horror/Thriller done in the classic style
2009-05-13 - I already had this movie in standard DVD format and enjoyed it enough to buy it again in Blu-ray. It has become a family favorite. It had the right balance of suggestion, as opposed to buckets of blood, to make it a horror film in the classic style. Kevin Bacon id a great job in portraying a man haunted by the ghost of the girl who had been brutally murdered and stashed away to be forgotten.
Outstanding
2009-05-07 - This was a very entertaining bit of horror, even though it includes Kevin Bacon. If memory serves, it was released at the same time as the i see dead people movie, and was, largely overlooked, sadly. The movie starts out with a great scene that builds good dread that is generally maintained throughout the film. Some very creepy parts, and a few seriously startling ones as well. Highly recommended.
