Stir of Echoes (1999)

Overrated

Good concept, poorly executed.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie was so good. Highly recommend. This movie has a lot to it and it keeps you wondering what's next. The story was well told and beautiful although what happens throughout isn't what you would consider beautiful. Altogether though this movie is a MUST see!

Saturday night Horror movie - Stir of Echoes with a good horror feel and interesting screenplay with the edge of the feel to know what is going to happen at next!

I am normally not a real big fan of Kevin Bacon but I thought that in this movie he gave us his best performance so far. When I see his face I always imagine him in Footloose and I wonder when he's going to start dancing. But in Stir Of Echoes I for once didn't had that feeling. The little boy played by Zachary David Cope was also very good. Nice believable acting by this kid. The story itself was certainly interesting enough to keep you intrigued during the whole movie. I would rather call it a thriller then a horror movie. You won't get scared for one minute. Well at least I wasn't. But I certainly did enjoy this movie a lot and that's what it's all about.

Unfairly and Relentlessly compared to the The Sixth Sense that proceeded this by just One Month. In Fact, You could remove the Child's ability "to see Dead People", and this Movie would have been just as Horrific and Effective.It is a Grungy Little Horror Movie that has its share of Scares and its Twilight Zone Flavour is no accident since the Story was Penned in 1958 by Richard Matheson who Wrote many of the Zone's best Episodes.For Trivia Buffs, the Book that the Babysitter is reading on the couch is The Shrinking Man by Matheson, that was made in to one of the Best Sci-Fi Movies of the Fifties.This Movie is at once Creepy and has a Middle-Class Urban Milieu rarely seen on Screen, at least with such Verisimilitude. Kevin Bacon is Dramatically Effective as is most of the Cast and the Story is Horror to be sure. It combines Supernatural and True Crime Elements with Outstanding Overlays.The Ending may seem a bit Rushed but Things do come together in a Spurt of Thrills and Grotesque goings on and it is one of those Movies that at most Times has the Audience holding Their Breath and after all is said and done, They can breathe a sigh of Nervous Relief.