STIR OF ECHOES

STIR OF ECHOES

Alternate Title:
The Secret Sense

German Title:
Echoes - Stimmen aus der Zwischenwelt

USA, 1999
Director: David Koepp

8/10

 

One of the very few 'big' horror movies from the end of the 90s that I haven't seen yet; thanx again to The Girl Who Loves Horror who kinda called it back to my mind with her glowing review - and fortunately I enjoyed it almost as much as she did.

"Stir Of Echoes" is an absolutely great horror-thriller, very tense and gripping, extremely well written and perfectly paced - in fact it's the brilliant up-and-down/fast-and-slow-pacing I liked the most about it.

Furthermore:

* a pretty good cast; great performances from the beautiful Kathryn Erbe and the talented child performer Zachary David Cope, plus a really, really fabulous Kevin Bacon (the scene where he's "supposed to dig" and nearly goes bonkers - hilarious!)

* lots of scary and/or highly suspenseful moments

* visually it's often extremely stunning (the fantastic hypnosis scene, some great neighborhood shots...)

* some brilliantly entertaining dialogue (f.e. "She's a witch. She took one look at me and guessed. Well, say something!" - "Bummer." - "Something else.")

* a very effective soundtrack

Wanna get scared, thrilled and entertained at the same time? Well, then you immediately have to watch this wonderful film, especially when you're also a fan of movies like "Mothman Prophecies" or "The Return".

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