DVD of the Week – Review of Stir of Echoes (1999)

by NIR SHALEV

Just one month after M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense (1999) came out, Stir of Echoes was released in the theaters and no one went to see it. As a matter of fact, even until today many people haven’t heard of it. That’s too bad because it’s a terrific film and one that I prefer to The Sixth Sense. This film has a greater imagination, a greater sense of danger, and is composed of a mixture of good ‘ol fashion ghost storytelling and film noir. If ever there was a film that had combined those two genres, it was this film. Read more