Director:
David KoeppGuión:
David KoeppCámara:
Fred MurphyMúsica:
James Newton HowardReparto:
Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Zachary David Cope, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Liza Weil, Christian Stolte, Jennifer Morrison, Lusia Strus, Mike Bacarella (más)Streaming (1)
Sinopsis(1)
Tom Witzky es un hombre normal que vive con su mujer y su hijo de 7 años. A pesar de su escepticismo respecto a los fenómenos paranormales, accede a ser hipnotizado durante una fiesta en casa de unos vecinos. A partir de ese momento su vida se ve perturbada por extrañas voces y visiones inexplicables que parecen fragmentos de un rompecabezas que podrían servir para resolver un crimen. (Lauren Films)
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Un thriller muy al estilo King con elementos de terror, a pesar de su sorprendente parecido con El resplandor (o El sexto sentido del mismo año), por lo que, en retrospectiva, tiene sentido que Koepp tuviera la oportunidad de dirigir una película basada en el cuento de Stephen King La ventana secreta unos años después. La historia es realmente trivial, en contraste con la estructura narrativa, que deliberadamente arroja a los espectadores a una confusión similar a la del personaje principal, equipado con habilidades psíquicas recién adquiridas. Hasta el final, a menudo no está claro cuáles de sus visiones son ecos del pasado, cuáles son destellos del futuro y por qué se le aparece un fantasma y qué quiere de él. La atmósfera es sólida, la película es lo suficientemente efectiva como un rompecabezas de fantasmas y todo en ella encaja. La escena hipnótica con el cine vacío es genial. Sin embargo, todo lo que gira en torno al tema de una crisis matrimonial que se profundiza gradualmente parece artificial y artificioso. Con el tiempo, el número de lapsos lógicos aumenta y algunos de los motivos prometedores indicados permanecen sin usar. Los actores no son especialmente impresionantes, como tampoco lo es el trabajo con suspenso. Visto 25 años después del estreno, ha envejecido mínimamente en ese tiempo.
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Nice ghost story. As a horror experience, it’s not very intense, it’s barely scary, actually, but it was nice to watch nevertheless. If only that ending wasn’t so traditional, but maybe the 10 years that have passed since this film came out are to blame for that. I reckon that a film like this today would get about 60%, and mainly thanks to Kevin Bacon’s great performance.
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A purely made-for-TV affair with a ghost in a mirror, ghost on a couch, speaking to the ghost in the dark, some mysterious murder, a mentally unstable father, hypnotism, gentle piano music to enhance the atmosphere, an old single-story apartment in a quiet neighborhood, and many other typical and exhausted attributes thrown at us by the unfamiliar David Koepp. He does have an ace up his sleeve in the excellent Kevin Bacon, but otherwise, this piece falls more into the average category. It cannot be compared qualitatively with The Sixth Sense, as Echoes of the Dead draws precisely from that. There is a plethora of situations that we have already seen somewhere before. And even the final twist doesn't strike me as original. If there is a layer of dust in the cover of the video rental store, don’t be surprised.
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I had high expectations, enticed by glowing reviews and high ratings, and if not for that, I might have been more satisfied. Stir of Echoes is a genre average that neither offends nor excites, whether it's the script, casting, acting performances, or directorial work. The ending is quite predictable, and the beginning with the child motif seemed more promising than the actual development and resolution. At times, I felt obvious inspiration from other famous films, for instance, the black character in the park reminded me of a figure from Kubrick's The Shining. Overall impression: 55%.
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Kevin Bacon sees dead people, and the dead people want something from him. What is it? He'll have to figure that out before he goes completely insane... I'm surprised I previously missed out on Stir of Echoes. It has everything that a proper horror film should have, but above all an atmosphere that doesn't let you breathe from the first to the last minute. Watching the increasingly unhinged Kevin Bacon, one can't help but think of Richard Dreyfuss and what he did in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the son gives me chills, the hypnosis scenes are pretty good too, plus there's still that "something" that hangs in the air. Comparisons to The Gift come to mind, but it is weak compared to Stir of Echoes. David Koepp, would you like to do a King movie again?
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