Stir of Echoes (1999)
Directed by David Koepp
Genres - Mystery, Horror, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Thriller, Haunted House Film, Supernatural Thriller |
Release Date - Sep 10, 1999 (USA) |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
In this supernatural thriller, Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a fairly typical working-class guy living in Chicago with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and his son Jake (Zachary David Cope). One night at a party, Tom gets into a lively discussion with his sister-in-law, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), who believes in psychic communication and the power of hypnosis. He challenges Lisa to hypnotize him, and she plants in him a post-hypnotic suggestion to be more open-minded. But the results aren't quite what Lisa or Tom expected; Tom now senses an air of terrible dread throughout his house and is convinced that evil lurks just around the corner. He also sees the spirit of a girl from the neighborhood who disappeared months ago -- and Jake sees the spirit as well. Stir of Echoes was based on a novel by Richard Matheson, whose work inspired such disparate films as Somewhere in Time and The Incredible Shrinking Man; it was written and directed by David Koepp, who wrote the screenplays for Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible.
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ghost, hypnosis, psychic, communication, family, girl, house, oracle, search, son, supernatural, sister-in-law
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