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28 May 2009 (South Korea)
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Open the door... I know you're in there.
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An ex-con moves into an old apartment building, where he encounters a domestic problem involving a police officer, his wife, and their daughter. When he tries to intervene, however, a mysterious curse entraps him. full summary | add synopsis
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Some Genuine Creepiness In This One
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Hrant Alianak | ... | Max |
 | Jamie Bloch | ... | Carly |
 | Jesse Bradford | ... | Bobby |
| Iza Calzado | ... | Gina |
| Brendan Carmody | ... | University student |
 | Kevin Durand | ... | Walter |
 | Jayne Eastwood | ... | Lucille Jiminez |
| Bathsheba Garnett | ... | Old Russian Woman |
| Marvin Hinz | ... | Detective |
 | Stacey LaBerge | ... | Student |
 | Paul Sun-Hyung Lee | ... | Dr. Morris |
 | Carlos Leon | ... | Hector |
 | Louise Linton | ... | Katie |
 | Robert Morse | ... | Construction worker no 1 |
| Vanessa Petronelli | ... | Waitress |
| George Santino | ... | Manager |
| Paulette Sinclair | ... | Helen Davis |
| Courtenay J. Stevens | ... | Older Cop |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | ... | Joseph |
 | Amelia Warner | ... | Alyssa |
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Rated R for violence, disturbing images and brief language.
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South Korea:90 min
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This is a remake of the Filipino horror movie entitled "Sigaw".
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The Echo had a handful of scenes with an uncomfortable creepiness akin to classic J-Horror. Rarely do I reach for the remote anymore having experienced most every range of horror film out there, but this one seeped under my skin and had me on edge more than twice. And it is that sort of unsettling moodiness combined with frights you hafta' be paying attention to catch. You know, the kind where after they've come and gone you must back em up for a second take. Truly those "WTF" type instances.
Jesse Bradford plays Bobby, a twenty something recently released from prison after doing a stint for killing a guy who attempted to rape his HOT girlfriend (played by Ameiia Warner) in a restroom. Having nowhere else to go, he heads back to the ol' East Village NYC neighborhood. Mom has died a spooky death from starvation, he learns, when he moves in to her old apartment. There's bloody fingernails on the piano keys and rumbles in the walls and a mean-looking cop next door who enjoys beating his wife and little girl. Bobby starts to see things, though, and these things aren't making any sense and they're a bit ghastly to boot. It's when Bobby decides he can no longer put up with the abuse he is overhearing next door and reports it to the cops, only to have them respond to a completely vacant apartment next door, that things go from odd to friggin' strange.
Bobby's apartment reminded me a lot of the apartment in the game Silent Hill 4: The Room with its eerily watered down dingy browns and rusts. There are holes in the peeling plaster walls and everything gives off the mood of worn and filthy. It's a truly lonely place that flattened my spirits each time Bobby returned home.
The Echo is not without its disappointments and inconsistencies which converge on a far too abrupt ending that leaves the viewer feeling a bit jipped. Oh well, though. It is a decently freaky ride getting there.