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SCARY according to the REVIEWS


Read this review and see how scary this film is...

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/the-echo-2008-movie-review/


Or just read the review below:

Guest Movie Review by Lance Curtis — Twitch.com says it is the most “art-house oriented film” to come out of Vertigo Entertainment, the producers behind horror films The Ring, The Grudge, and now The Echo.

The Echo, directed by young filmmaker Yam Laranas, certainly comes as a surprise to even those horror fans who claim to have seen everything. The film manages to be both artistic and terrifying. A rare and strangely powerful combination.

With hardly any special effects, Yam Laranas uses his mastery of lights and shadows to turn the most innocuous everyday objects into the stuff of night terrors. The hallway. The door. The window. The closet. The garbage shoot. Everything looks ominous in the world he’s created out of the simplest camera gestures and shifts in light.

The main character Bobby (played by Jesse Bradford) likewise achieves the most effect with minimalist dialogue and a total absence of typical horror theatrics.

He is an ex-con returning to the apartment of his mother only to find his mother gone and the apartment violently haunted. A simple story simply told.

But absent the usual bells and whistles of a typical horror film, The Echo is deeply, completely frightening, and invokes fears of the kind you take home with you long after you’ve seen the film.

Unlike the countless horror flicks I’ve enjoyed, this story and this ghost, I must say, stayed with me.

For this reason, it deserves its name, The Echo. And it deserves to be seen and heard, not just by few seekers of small cinematic gems lucky enough to find some in Cannes, but by anyone anywhere who loves a great ghost story.

The Echo is many things - both art-house and commercial, both subtle and shocking — but one thing it certainly is — it’s a gem of a ghost story.

Now if only more film distributors in the US were listening…

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I wanna see this now! It sounds new.

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Sounds scary..I'm so excited to see this movie!

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I just saw it.

I think it's one of the best supernatural horror films of the past few years -- even for a remake. It is actually genuinely creepy and well-made, and could have been a hit in theaters. I loved the use of sound-effects and the genuine creepy apartment used in the film. I loved the whole mysterious angle of the film, and it was interesting to see the story unfold how it did. Solid acting too, great location of NYC and a well-written script. 8/10.

Definitely adding this one to my collection.

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It was scary. Kinda like the grudge but scarier. The lighting was, literally, very dark and full of shadows throughout. I didn't like that at first but i got used to it. Im just happy that i got to add another amelia warner film to my collection.

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I personally found the movie boring and the pacing was too slow. It didn't have that air of dread and creepyness that original movie had. Looks like Yam aimed to please the producers more than the audience. The US distributors and its own producers didn't even showed any faith in this movie as now they will just release it straight to dvd deeming it not deserving of a wide release. That's what happens after two years of completing a movie.

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@ rhoberth. I'm sad for you because...

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i'm very sad for you because you are a dic....

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Ok this goes on my list of smart scary. There are no cheap scare tactics involved. Personally,after first of half of the movie, I knew the whole story. The hero didnt and I guess that came the hook.

Good job. I loved it mostly because of no cheap shots like many of horror movies today think is the must have ingredient.

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There are things I take issue with the film but I have to say (as I did in another post), I have seen TONS of horror films and this was one of the few that really sent chills down my spine. That's why I would recommend it. I wouldn't say it's the smartest in the genre, but it succeeded where others have failed. It will actually scare you

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