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Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 1999

After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

Movie details

Stir of Echoes

“In every mind there is a door that should never be opened.”

1999 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Koepp

Written by

David Koepp · Andrew Kevin Walker

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Tom Witzky

Kathryn Erbe

Kathryn Erbe

Maggie Witzky

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas

Lisa Weil

Zachary David Cope

Zachary David Cope

Jake Witzky

Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn

Frank McCarthy

Conor O'Farrell

Conor O'Farrell

Harry Damon

Liza Weil

Liza Weil

Debbie Kozac

Court is in session

Put Stir of Echoes on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.