It takes us on this journey as first we get an intense series of scenes involving Tom suddenly find himself connecting to the ghost world and then slowly drip feeds us information to create this uneasy mystery. I am going to say that "Stir of Echoes" is in fact an intelligent movie because it doesn't treat the audience as stupid. It causes issues for the loving couple as Tom becomes obsessed with the girl leaving Maggie confused as to what is going on. After that strange things start to happen as Tom gets these intense visions including seeing a dead girl sitting on their sofa which Maggie can't see but their son can. But at a party across the street Maggie's open minded sister Lisa (Illeana Douglas) persuades the sceptical Tom to allow her to put him under hypnosis. Tom ( Kevin Bacon - Wild Things) and Maggie Witzky ( Kathryn Erbe - D2: The Mighty Ducks) are a normal hard working couple, scraping by to look after their son with another child on its way. That doesn't mean that "Stir of Echoes" is poor it is a well put together movie which not only has the creepy super natural side but also some depth which takes it beyond being just horror. The reason is that this is one of those creepy super natural movies and it was released in the same year as " The Sixth Sense" which ended up over shadowing it for being memorable. Whilst before watching I had heard of "Stir of Echoes" it didn't really ring any bells other than it starred Kevin Bacon but shortly after I realised why.
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