Stir Of Echoes
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Lionsgate  (1999) 99 mins R

7.0 (22,287 votes)
Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a blue-collar worker, a family man, the most ordinary guy in the world...

who is about to be plunged into a shattering encounter with another world. And it doesn't matter that Tom doesn't believe in the supernatural. Because something supernatural has started to believe in Tom.

After he is hypnotized at a neighborhood party, Tom changes. He sees things he can't explain and hears voices he can't ignore. As the horrific visions intensify, Tom realizes they are calling out to be solved. But when his otherworldly nightmares begin coming true, Tom wants out. He desperately tries to rid himself of his eerie, unwanted powers - only to be seized by an irresistible compulsion to dig deeper and deeper into the mystery that is consuming his life. When at last he unearths the truth, it will draw him into the long-buried secret of a ghastly crime,...

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Cast and Crew
Zachary David Cope  ......  Jake Witzky
Kevin Bacon  ......  Tom Witzky
Kathryn Erbe  ......  Maggie Witzky
Illeana Douglas  ......  Lisa Weil
Kevin Dunn  ......  Frank McCarthy
Conor O'Farrell  ......  Harry Damon
Director  .....  David Koepp
Producer  .....  Judy Hofflund; Gavin Polone
Writer  .....  Richard Matheson; David Koepp
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tom breaks the window with a stone a Virgin Mary statue is visible behind it. The glass falls to pieces and the statue collapses to the floor. When the camera comes back to the window, Virgin Mary is still standing there, behind the broken window, as nothing has happened. (more)

Trivia:
In an earlier version of David Koepp's script, there were some important differences from the finished movie: - Maggie Witzky's hypnotist sister Lisa was actually a brother called Philip. - To find out what was wrong with him, Tom Witzky had an MRI scan done by a cousin of Maggie's, a neurologist named Elizabeth. - We found out that Tom Witzky had first met his wife while working as a lifeguard. His psychic abilities helped save her from drowning. - Instead of accusing the Witzkys of having something to do with her sister's disappearance, the young babysitter was worried they were abusing their son. Tom found out she was being abused by her stepfather and chased him out of town. - At the end of the movie, Maggie gave birth to a girl with the same psychic abilities as the couple's son. (more)

Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA (more)

Quotes:
Jake Witzky: Does it hurt to be dead? (more)

Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination (more)