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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
David Koepp
Writers (WGA):
Richard Matheson (novel)
David Koepp (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 September 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
Some doors weren't meant to be opened. more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Thrilling and interesting more (343 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Zachary David Cope ... Jake Witzky

Kevin Bacon ... Tom Witzky
Kathryn Erbe ... Maggie Witzky

Illeana Douglas ... Lisa Weil

Kevin Dunn ... Frank McCarthy
Conor O'Farrell ... Harry Damon
Lusia Strus ... Sheila McCarthy
Stephen Eugene Walker ... Bobby

Mary Kay Cook ... Vanessa Damon

Larry Neumann Jr. ... Lenny

Jennifer Morrison ... Samantha Kozac (as Jenny Morrison)

Richard Cotovsky ... Neighborhood Man

Steve Rifkin ... Kurt Damon

Chalon Williams ... Adam McCarthy
Liza Weil ... Debbie Kozac, the Babysitter
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

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Trivia:
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 the Rolling Stones song "Paint it Black", performed by Gob. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tom reaches into the fridge for a carton of juice he accidentally knocks over a bottle of mustard. In the reverse shot, the mustard is neatly tucked away behind another jar. more
Quotes:
Lisa: Animal.
Tom Witzky: What'd I do this time?
Lisa: Should I tell him?
Maggie Witzky: If you wanna die!
Lisa: Well, your beer-addled sperm still works.
Maggie Witzky: LISA?
Lisa: You impregnated my sister again.
Maggie Witzky: BITCH!
Lisa: I thought you wanted me to tell him.
Maggie Witzky: Why, because I said don't?
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Movie Connections:
References "Big Bad Beetleborgs" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Meat Mania more

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42 out of 65 people found the following comment useful.
Thrilling and interesting, 16 May 2001
8/10
Author: jangu from Stockholm, Sweden

Actually, I found this movie more satisfying than "Sixth sense". It doesn't have a stunning payoff like "sixth sense" (what film does?), but until the, in some ways hasty, conclusion, it's well made, scary and, since I have a knowledge of occult things through a good friend, rather believable. Kevin Bacon is credible in his part and so do Illeana Douglas. Kathryn Erbe however is stuck with nothing to do for large chunks of the movie. Effectively and atmosphericly shot, with some effective jolts that made me jump. To some, the conclusion may be a little simple and drawn-out, but I thought it was satisfying and filled to the brim with suspense. I find that the digging in the cellar/garden is a nice build-up for the finale, not that it goes on forever as a previous reviewer stated. It's only one thing that bothers me about the ending, and it is that too little is explained and a few threads of the story are totally abandoned. But that's only a minor complaint. For the most part, this is a creepy, interesting, well-made, scary and well played little thriller.

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