"Stir of Echoes" is another excellent story written by Richard Matheson which was adapted into film in 1999. This movie has some intense, scary moments and a disturbing sense of tension builds as Kevin Bacon delivers an outstanding performance as the main character Tom Witzky. Everything about this film is nearly perfect from the pacing to the performances of the other actors. The film truly utilizes the Rolling Stones song "Painted Black" with eerie and haunting precision (even though the version used is a cover). The song plays such an important role that it feels like a character itself, moving the story forward.
Tom Witzky is a hard working blue-collar guy trying to take care of his pregnant wife Maggie and young son, Jake. Jake has the ability to talk to ghosts but his parents just think he has an over active imagination. One night at a party for the adults, Tom is hypnotized, deeply, by his sister-in-law Lisa. While hypnotized, Lisa suggests that Tom become "more opened minded" because he is a non-believer in the paranormal. Over the next few days, Tom begins to have visions of a violent fight involving a teenage girl and he hears a faint melody that he can't name and is unable to get out of his head . Around this same time, Jake begins talking to a ghost named Samantha. It's soon revealed that Jake's babysitter is Samantha's sister and that Samantha went missing about six months earlier. Tom's behavior becomes erratic as his obsession over Samantha intensifies. The people around him become more and more concerned as both he and his son won't give up on Samantha, no matter how dangerous this obsession might become.He eventually discovers the dark truth about his visions and how they will affect his family.
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