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/

kosmasp Though I had no idea when I watched this, that it is a Remake of a movie called "Sigaw" (not to be confused at all with Jigsaw). Unfortunately I haven't seen the Original that is why I am judging this solely without any input from the Original. Maybe I would've only given it 5/10, if I had seen the Spanish language version that came before it, maybe I would've thought it improved it, as another reviewer did right here on IMDb on the comments section.But back to this, that has some nice acting and some really good looking people involved in the main roles. Don't let that distract you from the plot though. On the other hand, the beginning (audio) is so eerie, the movie that is following could never fully live up to that (on the horror scale that is). Still even with phoned in performances by Kevin Durand (gotta admire his physical presence) this still has a few things going for it. So the main character acts weird and doesn't really do or ask the things he should. But we're almost used to that in horror movies nowadays. The tension filled story almost completely makes up for that.

iruon_itauol I must say i didn't expect much from this film. I myself am an absolute horror fan. I can say i watched almost every horror film worth seeing and browsing the internet looking to find some gems that might be not so fammiliare.When i bumped in to The Echo, the cover caught my attention. I didn't expect much from it because i didn't hear about it at all.Well what do u know! It was great! I really recommended this to all horror fans who like creepy ghost stories. Cause i cannot remember seeing one for the past years so creepy as this one.The story and acting is good. And the ghosts are also really scary. Also the score/soundtrack of the movie is great! Kept me on the edge of my seat, so highly recommended !

fedor8 What was that ending all about? You wait and wait for something to finally happen, something that will make half-way any sense, something that will connect the rather flimsy-looking dots into something at least resembling logic but then... So the cop's wife is the killer? Did she beat the child? If so, who wounded her own arms? Herself? Did she and her cop husband both beat the girl? (Perhaps the director and the scriptwriter joined them in the beating...) Did the cop and his wife both beat on the girl, and then each other - and then themselves? (I gotta keep my mind open for all possible ludicrous combinations when it comes to TE.) Why would the ghosts of the mother and the daughter kill all those people? Once again ghosts are just some violent, confused imbeciles who go around killing the wrong people. One would presume that ghosts, having nothing better to do all day than sit/stand around hallways staring into empty space, would have ample time to figure things out, i.e. who their friends and foes are. But no... Average horror-film's ghost's IQ: 15 point 3.The ghosts display the ability to haunt outside their natural habitat by hassling Bobby's girlfriend, played by the beautiful Amelia Warner. So why didn't they use those abilities to get revenge on the old man who lives across the street, who failed to call for help when he saw that something was happening? Not much makes sense in this slow-moving, garbled ghost flick.Bobby's girlfriend arrives to his flat TWICE unannounced. What kind of people visit others without calling them first? Was this the pre-mobile-phone 18th century age? His boss does this also, once. How very convenient. What a nice little plot-device.No-one tells anybody anything, every conversation is about trivialities which, again, conveniently creates opportunities for the dimwitted ghosts to take advantage of various situations, over and over. And here I thought it was Bergman's asinine dramas that revolved around a lack of communication...