Stir of echoes

Year of release : 1999

 

Run time : 1h35min

 

Genre : Supernatural Horror / Thriller

 

Cast : Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Morrison

 

 

The movie is based on Richard Matheson's 1958 novel 'A stir of echoes'.

 

Little Jake has an imaginary friend,just that, he says his imaginary friend is dead.

 

Out at a party, Tom allows his sister in law to hypnotize him. While in trance,he sees someone being murdered in the house they rent.

 

This makes him more sensible to the invisible,and he starts seeing a teenager who went missing 6 months prior. This teenager ,Samantha,is his son's imaginary friend. One night,as they go out,Jake tells his mother about Samantha's sister,who could come baby sit.

 

Tom is haunted by Samantha and has vivid dreams and visions. He goes to see his sister in law,but she can't help him. She does tell him that under hypnosis she told him to be more open minded, to be an open door, to receive information of everything happening around him.

 

The ghost is telling him to dig, growing impatient, and he starts digging around the house,filling the fridge with juice, always feeling thirsty, and drinking it.

 

The wife doesn't know what to believe,as a man who can read minds approached her and Jake,and sees them interact,knowing things about each other without having talked about it.

 

This was one of my favorite movies,growing up.

The visual effects stand the test of time and look just as good today.

The acting is great.

The soundtrack is good.

 

The movie is streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Pluto Tv, Tubi Tv, Vudu Free, and is for rent / sale on Amazon Video, Apple Tv, RedBox, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : It's so money !