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Stir of Echoes
1999
***½
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Kevin Dunn, Illeana Douglas, Liza Weil, Jennifer Morrison, Lusia Strus

A snappy thriller about a man who begins to experience strange, unsettling visions after he undergoes hypnosis. This is a smart, funny and surprising film, even if its story is ultimately quite similar to The Sixth Sense, which came out in the same year. Loosely based on Richard Matheson's novel A Stir of Echoes.