Marco Castellini
•A man at a party decides, for fun, to get hypnotized; upon waking up, he remembers nothing, but from that moment on, a door has opened in his mind, he has become a receiver, he has acquired a sort of paranormal power with which he can contact the spirit of a girl murdered in the house where he now lives with his family. Reluctantly, he will help the ghost of the young woman avenge her killers. Based on a novel by Richard Matheson and directed by David Koepp (screenwriter of "Jurassic Park" and "Omicidio in Diretta"), "Echi Mortali" marks the return to the horror genre of the versatile and always great Kevin Bacon (whom many will remember as one of the young victims of the first "Friday the 13th"). The film has many points in common with the more famous and almost contemporary "The Sixth Sense" (who came up with the idea first...), and manages to give us moments of pure terror thanks to the repetition of some quick and sudden sequences that guarantee "jumps in the seat" for the viewer. It's a shame that the middle part is a bit slow, but overall, the film remains smooth and interesting until the end, which, once again, resolves in the usual and out-of-place happy ending. Still recommended.
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