If you like stir of echoes you are looking for suspenseful, tense and atmospheric movies about with psychic, ghost, afterlife, hypnosis, clairvoyance, haunted house and paranoia themes of horror, mystery and thriller genre shot in usa. All critics 104 top critics 29 fresh 70 rotten 34 as the plot kicks in, the hysteria mounts and the explanations start coming, the tension starts to dissipate. Stir of echoes is a 1999 thriller written and directed by david koepp, starring mr. This is one of the reasons that i like mathesons work so much. The film is a followup to the 1999 kevin bacon starrer stir of echoes, which was written and directed by david koepp and based on a richard matheson novel.
With kevin bacon, zachary david cope, kathryn erbe, illeana douglas. Stir of echoes is a 1999 american supernatural horror film written and directed by david koepp. The movie picks up during its last half hour and features some very impressive plot twists that are completely unpredictable. Upon waking, tom realizes he has a psychic connection with his son, jake zachary david cope. When he drunkenly challenges his eccentric sisterinlaw to hypnotise him, tom starts having visions and premonitions. In this supernatural thriller, tom witzky kevin bacon is a fairly. In its middle third, the film downshifts with a series of admirably unsettling sequences that are scary in. Its the film of the book of the 1958 richard matheson novel, though not a very strict adaptation of it.
Stir of echoes 1999 bluecollar family man tom witzky kevin bacon scoffs at supernatural phenomena until he lets his wifes sister, lisa illeana douglas, put him into a. In its tone, although not in plot details or character specifics, stir of echoes recalls a small 1996 british horror film called haunted. Synopsis tom witzky kevin bacon is a phone lineman living in a workingclass neighborhood in chicago with his pregnant wife maggie kathryn erbe and his son jake zachary david cope, who possesses the ability to commune with the dead. Stir of echoes is a 1999 american supernatural horrorthriller released in the united states on september 10, 1999, starring kevin bacon and directed by david koepp. Stir of echoes was based on a novel by richard matheson, whose work inspired. Stir of echoes is another of these thriller coupled to a ghost story that hollywood loves to produce. Upon returning home from the line of duty, national guard. Stir of echoes is a screamoutloud movie, upsetting and deliriously effective. Contents 1 plot 2 cast 3 box office 4 reception 5 sequel 6 see also 7. Plot wise, the movie is also more than decent, with only a few small plot holes which will.
Koepp determines to make stir of echoes a horror film of ordinary. Contents 1 plot 2 cast 3 box office 4 reception 5 sequel 6 see also 7 references. The film is loosely based on the novel a stir of echoes by richard matheson. Stir of echoes is a supernatural thriller firmly rooted in a bluecollar chicago neighborhood, where everyone on the block knows one.
Based on a novel written by richard matheson who was also behind the omega man, the incredible shrinking man, and night stalker among many others 1999s stir of echoes is a solid ghost story whose biggest failing is that it was released a month after m. To some, the conclusion may be a little simple and drawnout, but i thought it was satisfying and filled to the brim with suspense. Published in 1958, i imagine that this novel made a greater splash in its day, when ghosts haunted manors, usually in europe where there was foul weather. This directtodvd sequel features rob lowe as an iraq war veteran whose past comes back to haunt him in stir of echoes. Stir of echoes 1999 stream and watch online moviefone. Bottom line is that i enjoyed the movie much much more then the book. While the story here isnt on par with the sixth sense, it does pursue more scares and a tighter pace.
Coming out barely a month after the sixth sense, and with an extremely similar premise, stir of echoes had a huge shadow looming over its head. The movies plot does however remind some viewers of other thrillers, mainly the shining and the sixth sense another 1999 release which overshadowed stir of. At a party tom witzky bacon scoffs at his sisterinlaw lisas illeana. Echoes is a 2014 american supernatural horror film directed by nils timm and starring steven brand, kate french, and kevin brewerton. Stir of echoes is a 1999 american supernatural horrorthriller released in the united. Stir of echoes basically is the story of a man who becomes opento suggestion after going to a party and letting himself being hypnotised and thats when his problems begin. Effectively and atmosphericly shot, with some effective jolts that made me jump.
Tom wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. You can see him more or less falling apart as he cannot explain the things he is seeing. Originally titled the dead speak, it was written and directed by ernie barbarash and purports to be a sequel to the 1999 feature film stir of echoes, although its only connection to the previous work is the inclusion of. The boys and their fathers covered up the accidental murder to prevent their sons lives from being ruined, by burying the girls body behind a basement wall. Writerdirector david koepp tries to give the film a blue collar. I have the matheson book, and several other matheson novels, and from what ive seen hollywood just doesnt know how to adapt the mans work. Kevin bacon stars in one of his best performances, as a telephone lineman named tom witzky, who plays in a band, wants to break out of the routine of his life and succeeds all too successfully. Bluecollar family man tom witzky kevin bacon scoffs at. Koepps screenplay is based on the novel a stir of echoes by richard matheson. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing stir of echoes near you.
Some scenes from a mummy movie as well as what looks like night of the living dead that play on the tv may spook some viewers. Tom has another vision in his house where its cold and the dead teenage girl is beckoning to him after she walks toward him in an odd, jerky motion. Expect a workingclass drama that happens to have a ghost in it and youll enjoy stir of echoes. Kathryn erbe however is stuck with nothing to do for large chunks of the movie. Stir of echoes 1999 toms posthypnotic visions revealed the attempted rapedeath of 17 yearold neighbor girl samantha by two teenaged boys. Stir of echoes is a supernatural thriller firmly rooted in a bluecollar chicago neighborhood, where everyone on the block knows one anotheralthough not as well as they think. Like all good ghost stories, it understands that the intent is to build suspense through atmosphere and a strong narrative, not through a barrage of sudden shocks and copious gore. It stars kevin bacon as tom witzly the father, kathryn erbe as his wife maggie, zachary david cope as jake their son, and illeana douglas as maggies sister lisa. Stir of echoes an alist player who has never made the alist, kevin bacon is back in stir of echoes. But at least it was a quick read, and was nice to compare the two different versions.
Stir of echoes belongs to one of the oldest genres of horror films. Stir of echoes was written and directed by david koepp. These seem to be linked to the disappearance of a dimwitted girl who. The movie starts out with the jake talking to himself, or so it.
Chicago lineman tom witzky allows his sisterinlaw lisa to hypnotize. Matheson hardly lets up, steadily adding more complications to the plot until the surprise revelation. After being hypnotized by his sisterinlaw, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girls ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him. Night shyamalans smash hit the sixth sense, which came out just a month earlier.
King of the monsters mistakes batman mistakes 33 biggest mistakes in toy story movies aladdin questions the addams family trivia oldboy ending bad cat quotes apocalypto plot regina. The movies are very similar, both involving children that can see dead people, and in. It stars kevin bacon, kathryn erbe, illeana douglas and kevin dunn. The landlord and his son try to kill tom and his wife but frank kills the landlord and his son. Greatest movie plot twists, spoilers and surprise endings. Pet detective questions the green mile ending after. Stir of echoes 1999 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. And, unlike a multitude of subpar entries that have borne this appellation over the years, its mostly effective.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Who are the actors rob lowe holiday in the wild, how to be a latin lover. Like bacons strenuous attempt to sound working class, the movie tries too hard. Both movies are remarkably similar with the dead haunting people in order to get closure following their untimely deaths. Kevin bacon, zachary david cope, conor ofarrell, kevin dunn. A stir of echoes is a supernatural novel by american writer richard matheson, published in 1958. My search for a great ghost story brought me to a stir of echoes by richard matheson. Afterwards, the ghost of the girl walk away happy and tom and his. The film is shot in a sober and downtoearth way, giving it a serious tone. With kathryn erbe, illeana douglas, liza weil, kevin dunn, conor ofarrell, jennifer morrison, zachary david cope, lisa lewis, eddie bo smith jr. It served as the inspiration for the 1999 film stir of echoes. The scares early on are potent and get stir of echoes off to a chilly horrormovie start.
Tom is a terrific protagonist as readers observe the. We all know what happened, which is that sixth sense became a cultural phenomenon and no one remembers stir of echoes. Bluecollar family man tom witzky kevin bacon scoffs at supernatural phenomena until he lets his wifes sister, lisa illeana douglas, put him into a hypnotic trance. Stir of echoes 1999 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Also hes both a loving father to a young boy who talks with dead people and a strange husband to a wife who thinks hes gone crazy after hes been hypnotized.
The homecoming is a 2007 american madefortelevision supernatural horror film produced by lions gate entertainment. Released september 10th, 1999, stir of echoes stars kevin bacon, kathryn erbe, illeana douglas, liza weil the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of 67 out of 100. Stir of echoes is a 1999 american supernatural horror film directed by david koepp. The story in itself is really basic and, aside from the introduction centered on hypnosis, which is totally underused in the rest of the movie, the scenario is the one of the average ghost film. This is a reprint of a 1950s thriller and a one degree bacon movie that combines an amateur sleuth subplot within a fastpaced paranormal story line containing a ghostly element and psychic abilities. Fyi stir of echoes debuted on 28 july 1999 at the fantasy film festival in. As the plot kicks in, the hysteria mounts and the explanations start coming, the. The story revolves around a young beautiful writer struggling with horrifying, sleepparalysis induced visions, who retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated desert house. This is yet another underrated horror movie that fell under the radar due to poor timing. 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. The unique plot and cute little boy set it apart from other mildly frightening films. I will always remember stir of echoes as being that ghost movie that got totally overlooked due to the phenomenon that was m. Jake then unplugs the tv to stop such images, but they keep playing.