Loosely based on the short story A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson, Stir of Echoes was released 10 September 1999. The plot has similarities to The Sixth Sense in that they both feature a child who can communicate with the dead, which came out slightly over a month before Stir of Echoes, casting the latter movie in somewhat of a shadow. On a personal note, Stir of Echoes is in my top 20 favorite movies.