![]() The saving grace of STIR OF ECHOES, if there can be such a thing in such a movie, is that, in the final scene, the little boy, Jake, shuts his ears against the pleas of the ghostly demons haunting him and his dad. One night at a social with his wife, her sister and his closest friend the. Stir Of Echoes Photo: Peacock/Artisan Entertainment. By Matthew Jackson August 17, 2022, 1:27 PM ET. He works as a lineman in Chicago, he is a day to day toiler earning his wages and supporting his family. After more than 20 years, Stir of Echoes might be Kevin Bacons finest horror showcase. He plays Tom Witzky, a regular guy with a wife and one underage son. It is important to note that spiritism can only thrive in an heretical atmosphere where people have already rejected such traditional, essential Bible teachings as salvation by grace through faith and not by works, the inerrancy of Scripture and the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Stir of Echoes is an intense atmospheric thriller with Kevin Bacons best performance. It is an idea that comes from the false religious premises of spiritism, a demonic belief system that has infected many Americans since the late 1800s. This is an evil notion that Hollywood should reject rather than promote. It also contains some extreme, but brief, scenes of bloody violence.Īlthough this movie delivers the chills that horror fans expect, it accepts the false and dangerous idea that the “ghosts” of dead people can communicate with the living and even help certain “mediums” solve crimes. That’s exactly what Tom does, in his own yard no less, much to Maggie’s consternation.įilled with scary images, STIR OF ECHOES includes two strong hypnosis scenes that may harm certain suggestive personalities in the audience. He becomes obsessed with finding out more about Samantha, who, in another hypnosis session with Lisa, tells Tom to start digging. Tom has visions of the future, including the attempted bloody suicide of a friend’s teenage son. ![]() Soon, Tom and Jake are sharing their secret psychic lives, leaving Maggie out of the loop. When Maggie’s astrologist friend, Lisa, hypnotizes Tom after skeptical Tom dares Lisa to do it, Tom starts seeing Samantha’s “ghost” too. Tom and Maggie don’t realize that Jake has an “imaginary” friend named Samantha who just happens to be the gruesome “ghost” of a local teenager girl. STIR OF ECHOES with Kevin Bacon may not earn a big profit like its competition, but it still serves up its fair share of scares, despite another occult premise that contradicts what the Bible teaches.īacon plays Tom, a working class married guy who has just begun renting a house in Chicago with his wife, Maggie, and their young son, Jake. Horror movies are definitely hip this summer, garnering lots of strong box office numbers.
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