Review – Stir of Echoes

This will probably go down in history as the lesser-known of the two movies from 1999 that feature kids who can see ghosts (The Sixth Sense being the more popular picture). The trick here is that Dad can see them too, developing the ability as an accidental side-effect of a post-hypnotic suggestion. I’m a big fan of Richard Matheson, who wrote the piece upon which this film was based. And for the most part, I like the adaptation. Some elements seem “borrowed” from other sources (The Shining and The Dead Zone were brought to mind from time to time). But overall the clichés are combined with enough new material to keep the plot interesting if not exactly innovative. Mildly amusing