Stir of Echoes (1999)

No.12 Stir of Echoes

Plot Outline: After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

Tag Line: In every mind there is a door that has never been opened.

Trivia: The hypnosis sequence in which Tom (Kevin Bacon) is hypnotized for the first time follows actual hypnosis techniques used by professional hypnotists. In order to ensure that the audience hasn't been put to sleep (and some susceptible people have been), there's a musical accent at the close of the sequence to wake everyone up.

During the hypnosis session, Kevin Bacon is told to imagine a movie theatre where everything is painted black (walls, chairs, everything but the screen). Later, during the rape scene, a stereo plays "Paint it black" by The Rolling Stones.

quotes: Lisa: It doesn't surprise me that there's another woman. Of course, the fact that she's dead gives one pause.

Jake Witzky: Don't be afraid of it, Daddy.

Kevin Bacon does a great job as the freaked out non spiritual believer haunted by the ghost of a dead girl. The ghost coaxes our hero none too gently to solve her murder and bring the killers to justice.