A blue
collar man undergoes hypnosis as a prank, and a suggestion is left
that he have an open mind. Shortly thereafter he begins to see
frightening visions involving a young girl named Samantha that has
been missing for some time. He must find the key to the mystery
before he goes completely insane.
A STIR OF
ECHOES is a skillfully directed horror piece that has a few
interesting ideas, but suffers from being unpleasant and derivative.
Good acting by Kevin Bacon and Koepp's goth-tinged direction keeps
the flimsy story together, however the "a person has visions from
someone dead and must find out what happened to make them stop" has
been done so many times that most viewers will know where things are
headed long before they get there, and the film becomes uninteresting
very early on. The film is watchable for most of the way, but a
ridiculous resolution to the visions and a dissatisfying ending sinks
the film to the point of being preposterous. Perhaps A STIR OF YAWNS
would have been a more fitting title.
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