I just finished watching the movie (9/22/04) and would have to say that it was amazing!!! I really enjoyed it. Just wondered if anyone else knows of any other titles that are similar. By similar I mean hypnotist gets involved in case gets clues...... stuff like that. If anyone has seen any movies like this please let me know.
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while not exactly like it, the film Nightbreed, (based on the Clive Barker novella Cabal), has some interesting themes involving hypnotherapy.
shareAnything else like it? Well, first of all, I liked this film. Love? Hard to say. But I respect and appreciate it a lot because it seems to have slick Hollywood tendencies on a smaller European budget. I'm not necessarily recommending any of the following movies because they're great, but many are and the rest are worth viewing for movie buff experience. None of them have hypnotists in them, but they immediately come to mind when I think of this film:
"Don't Say A Word" has Michael Douglas playing a psychiatrist trying to bond with a young blonde woman to unlock a secret. It's not a great movie, but its by-the-numbers style makes it a fun watch.
"The Cell" has Jennifer Lopez playing a psychotherapist in a surprisingly enjoyable movie. We peer into the minds of characters just as we do in "Close Your Eyes/Doctor Sleep" as she pursues a serial killer.
"The Gift" has Kate Blanchett playing a woman with ESP who searches for a woman who has disappeared. She also "sees things".
"The Watcher" has James Spader playing a cop receiving psychotherapy who chases a serial killer from his past. This is a little gem and much better than it should be because of performances, including another suprisingly effective one by Keanu. I'm actually starting to believe it isn't that Keanu is a bad actor at all, but moreso bad casting agents who don't use his wooden talents to effective use, as they were in this movie, The Matrix, and even Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. I would leap at the chance to direct Keanu because I know how to play to his strengths. I think the movie Constantine (which I haven't yet seen) will be another good choice for him, proving that he's likely not as dumb as some may say he is.
BUT I DIGRESS.
Finally, "Silence of the Lambs," the modern grandmother of suspense, has Jodie Foster playing an FBI agent in a pyschological game with a serial killer in pursuit of another serial killer.
Hopes this helps! I'm sure there are tons of better choices, but these are the ones that immediately popped into my mind.
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Jaccob's Ladder, definetely
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i think MINORITY REPORT was similar. i liked that one, however flawed, it was a lot better than CLOSE YOUR EYES.
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Stir of echoes is slightly simmilar it deals with a man whos sister-in-law hypnotizes him and he starts seeing the ghost of a ed its really good the only name actors i recognized in it though were kevin bacon and i recognized the sister-in-law but i can't think of her name now
shareI just saw that Stir of Echos the other day, again, after a long time of seeing it prior, with Kevin Bacon. Now that was a pretty darn good movie. Where she hypnotizes him, and he and his kid see her ghost. I thought they did a great job on it.
For people who keep bringing up Silence of the Lambs, has anyone seen Hannibal Rising, about when he was a kid? When I first started watching it, I thought it was going to totally be a B movie, but I was plenty suprized! That was actually a pretty good show! IMO.
This movie was good, but a little confusing. After reading this board and figuring out all the stuff from the posters explaining what I didn't understand, that helped a lot. I'm always on the lookout for horror and scary mystery movies and the like. Any one that comes along, I'm glad to find it, unless it's a slasher film and shows that just show stuff just for the sake of gore and T and A. That stuff sucks.
Another movie that caught me by suprize was The Descent. I had it on and was using the computer. I totally thought it was a B movie, then I started watching it. It blew me away! I taped it and watched it again with my husband. I never do that!
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Hitchcock's "Spellbound"
You also get Salvador Dali-designed dream sequences!
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Lots of great suggestions already...just wanted to add a few more:
Dark City
Suspect Zero
Darkness
Supernatural (TV)
Up above
Aliens hover
Making home movies
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