Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

bowmanblue Actually, a 'slow burner' denotes something that takes a while to get going. Sadly, 'The Echo' goes so slowly through most of the film, that you're probably asleep by the time the last act (and by 'last act' I mean 'last few minutes') comes along (either that or turned it off).The film follows a man recently released from prison, who returns home to find all sorts of spooky goings on in his apartment. The film start predominantly with him wandering from room to room, trying to work out where various noises are coming from. It is nicely shot, which does give it a suitable creepy atmosphere and, every now and again, there is the odd eerie scene.However, it's all too little and not often enough. Whatever spookiness is too sparse to really be bothered about. The ending isn't bad. There's the obligatory 'twist' (or should I say 'explanation'?) regarding what's going on, but, by the time it happens, will you care?http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Johnny Rubass This film as a horror/thriller did it's job pretty well for me and the girlfriend. There was a pretty effective creepy atmosphere throughout and a few decent jumpy parts. The acting and script on a whole are good, not amazing but enough to keep you interested.The thing that really made this mediocre was the ending, seemed to me like the writers just kinda gave up or something as it doesn't wrap up the story at all. Also the ghosts just seem to randomly attack people who have nothing to do with their past just cause they're p***ed off or something...A decent horror flick to watch in the dark, definitely worth the watch for me.

Scarecrow-88 Bobby(Jesse Bradford; SWIMFAN) is an ex-con trying to get on with his life after prison, lands a job as a mechanic, returns to the apartment where his mom starved herself to death. Bobby is hearing sounds from the room next to his apartment, a cop abusing his wife, their traumatized daughter out in the hall. A tenant who lives down the hall also experiences sounds and visions that aren't there. Bobby's ex-girlfriend, Alyssa(Amelia Warner; QUILLS), studying to be a fashion designer, reluctant to start a new relationship with him even though she is responsible, in a sense, for his being sent to prison. Life for Bobby goes south fast. He calls the police on a domestic dispute learning that no one lives in that apartment where all that anger and destruction permeate loudly, the echo causing mental mayhem. The tenant down the hall, Joseph Wright(character actor Pruitt Taylor Vince) dies of fright thanks in part to the ghouls which haunt the floor. Bobby is put on suspension when a car is stolen, because he's the only one with a record(Rikers leaves you with a reputation you do not need hanging over you like a thundercloud). He misses an evaluation with his parole officer. Alyssa is experiencing the same hallucinations that Joseph Wright was and Bobby is undergoing.Like THE GRUDGE, a curse spawned from a past incident pollutes whoever comes in contact with it in THE ECHO. What lives on that floor leaves it's imprint on those that have the misfortune of remaining on it too long. THE ECHO is very similar in ways to THE GRUDGE. The victims' apparitions haunt Bobby, Mr. Wright, Bobby's boss(Carlos Leon), and Alyssa because each one sees, hears, and experiences their presence. Spiritual unrest manifests itself and this torments and terrorizes those the ghosts chooses. THE ECHO really is not much different than what the Asian ghost genre has been putting out for 12 years now. There's a reason behind the aforementioned unrest and the protagonist of the movie will have to find out why and how to solve the puzzle so he(or in many instances she)can have peace. In THE ECHO, the incident could've been prevented if someone had offered to help the mother and daughter, instead turning a deaf hear which resulted in tragedy. THE ECHO is pretty average fright fare, the usual musical cues telling the viewer to jump, some hideous make-up distorting the faces of the victims' ghosts. The ghosts pop up from behind or appear at various intervels to spook certain characters. To be honest, THE ECHO contributes very little to the American machine of remakes based on Asian horror films.

3xHCCH Ever since I heard about it, I wanted to watch this American production of a Filipino horror film, with the same director (Yam Laranas) at the helm. However, when I heard it went straight to DVD instead of wide theatrical release, I knew I had to temper my expectations.The first half of this movie moves at a literal snail's pace. There was nothing much to establish, yet it certainly took its time. Bobby Reynolds (Jesse Bradford) earns parole from his prison term and went to live in his mother's apartment, which had been abandoned since her recent death. However, he sees strange things and hears strange sounds while he is there. This entire scenario with the Mom was not in the Philippine version at all, yet so much time was spent on this side story here.However, in the second half, the movie finally comes alive when the story about the family who lived next door to Bobby finally gets dealt with in more of its gruesome detail. These scary scenes were shot very well, with the right amount of nervous tension. Still we see the victims do what most "horror movie victims" stupidly do to deserve their fates. The ending would seem to be quite simplistic given the extensive build-up to that point. This is especially true for us who had already seen the original before.Jesse Bradford did well to convey how a macho ex-con could be the central character of a horror film, which is not typical. He did much better than the original actor. I felt it was too bad that Iza Calzado, who was given the chance to reenact her original role in this American version, was given little opportunity to fully delve into her disturbed character of the abused wife. Some time could have been spent to describe her situation more, than the excessive time given Jesse to explore his apartment. Knowing her character more could have increased the audience's satisfaction with the story's final outcome.