Starring
Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Zachary David
Cope, Conor O'Farrell, Liza Weil, Lusia Strus, Stephen Eugene Walker,
Mary Kay Cook, Larry Neumann Jr. and Jennifer Morrison.
Screenplay by David Koepp.
Directed by David
Koepp.
Distributed by Artisan Entertainment. 94 minutes. Rated
R.
Stir of Echoes
Maybe
because he hasn’t been the lead in a popular smash film since 1984’s silly
Footloose and he’s best
known now for a parlor game, it has slipped under the radar that Kevin Bacon
has quietly become one of our most intriguing actors. He is never afraid to
go the extra mile, take chances for his character and look foolish, demented
or worse. Bacon does not so much act as become enveloped by his
characters. This makes it nice to see that he is helming this clever ghost
story.
Following after The Sixth Sense
in the new thinking man’s horror genre, this story of a Chicago electrical
lineman (Bacon) who is opened up to a constant barrage of supernatural
forces when hypnotized by his sister-in-law (Ileana Douglas). Kathryn Erbe
is fantastic as Bacon’s frightened and somewhat exasperated wife and Douglas
does fine work here too.
