Another release from Artisan Entertainment, and almost just as good. Their first release this year was the very memorable "The Blair Witch Project" (if you get a chance to see "Blair Witch" in the drive-in, do. Especially if it's accompanied with Star Wars: Episode One). This one is very different in the way of story and presentation. Staring Kevin Bacon as Tom, a common, descent guy that demands to be hypnotized by Lisa (Illeana Douglas). She hypnotizes him and plays around with him a little bit. But while playing around, she made a minor mistake. She told him to open his mind, and his mind took it seriously. That night the nightmares begin. He keeps seeing things that happened before, but to someone else, and in the very house that he lives in. Well, him, his wife, and his son are the only people that have ever lived in the house, so who was in the house before? Well, he finds out the name of the teenage girl that appeared on his couch (Samantha) and begins to ask about her around the neighborhood. Everyone says that she ran away and that she was a bit slow. Well... some people seem to react to her name, questions are brought up, and a teenage boy attempts suicide. Tom keeps seeing things and finally decides that he wants Lisa to close whatever doors she opened. She does the same thing that she did before, but instead he receives a message from Samantha. Dig. So he goes home and digs up the entire yard, and soon the house too until he finds Samantha. Anyway... this movie was very different and well presented. It scared the crap out of the entire audience because no one ever knew when Samantha would show up. Directed by David Koep, this movie is amazing and very well done. I was rather impressed and enjoyed it. Oh! And remember the feathers, you know, the ones that Jake is afraid to go home because.

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Liza Weil, Kevin Dunn, Conor O'Farrell, Jenny Morrison, Zachary David Cope, Lisa Lewis, Eddie Bo Smith, Jr.

Director: David Koepp

Released: 1999

Time: 110m/ 1 hour and 50 min.