Stir of Echoes is a supernatural horror / thriller released in the United States in 1999, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by David Koepp. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.
Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a typical working-class man living in Chicago with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and son Jake (Zachary David Cope).
One night at a party, Tom gets into a lively discussion with Maggie's sister Lisa (Illea...
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Stir of Echoes is a supernatural horror / thriller released in the United States in 1999, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by David Koepp. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.
Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a typical working-class man living in Chicago with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and son Jake (Zachary David Cope).
One night at a party, Tom gets into a lively discussion with Maggie's sister Lisa (Illeana Douglas), who believes in psychic communication and the power of hypnosis. He challenges Lisa to hypnotize him, and after putting him under, Lisa plants a post-hypnotic suggestion in Tom urging him to "be more open-minded."
The results are not quite what anyone expected; that night, Tom sees the spirit of a pale young woman, Samantha (Jennifer Morrison), and panics. Maggie eventually learns that Tom is a "receiver," a person capable of communicating with the spirit world. Jake, like his father, is also a receiver, but while Jake is calm and...
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