Now here's a flick I could certainly avoid seeing again and one of the few that (for me at least) worsen with each viewing. Maybe I just see more things wrong with it!
Problematically, not that easy to pinpoint really. I have plenty of time for Kevin Bacon's work (Ok we'll forget WILD THINGS). The topic of paranormal phenomena is an interesting one and production wise A STIR OF ECHOES is up over the "average" mark. I merely find it tasteless! Perhaps having two daughters much the same age as the unfortunate character Samantha Kozac, doesn't help and indeed I find the film somewhat disturbing, the conclusion being totally and irredeemably nasty.
Somehow I cannot ever distance the actors from their roles here and at no stage does it seem to be anything other than a film set. The "regression scene" in the theater while Bacon is under hypnosis for example, I found neither scary or believable...merely contrived. Another death rattle for the flick is the total lack of any likeable character, especially young mega-wussy Zachary David Cope as Bacon's son. Surely one of the most uninteresting and irritating children ever foisted onto an audience.
Together with THE INVISIBLE MAN, two semi-voyeuristic Bacon outings we just don't need!
Problematically, not that easy to pinpoint really. I have plenty of time for Kevin Bacon's work (Ok we'll forget WILD THINGS). The topic of paranormal phenomena is an interesting one and production wise A STIR OF ECHOES is up over the "average" mark. I merely find it tasteless! Perhaps having two daughters much the same age as the unfortunate character Samantha Kozac, doesn't help and indeed I find the film somewhat disturbing, the conclusion being totally and irredeemably nasty.
Somehow I cannot ever distance the actors from their roles here and at no stage does it seem to be anything other than a film set. The "regression scene" in the theater while Bacon is under hypnosis for example, I found neither scary or believable...merely contrived. Another death rattle for the flick is the total lack of any likeable character, especially young mega-wussy Zachary David Cope as Bacon's son. Surely one of the most uninteresting and irritating children ever foisted onto an audience.
Together with THE INVISIBLE MAN, two semi-voyeuristic Bacon outings we just don't need!