From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Echo (2008 film)
The Echo (2008 film)
The Echo Plot summary
After serving prison time for manslaughter, Bobby is re-
leased on probation from Rikers, and moves to the old
apartment in East Village, New York, where his lonely
mother lived and passed away while he was incarcerated.
He finds a job as mechanic at the Houston Auto Repair
shop owned by the supportive Hector Rodriguez and tries
to rebuild his life.
However, he is deemed an outcast and his former
friends and neighbors do not want to talk to him. He
meets his former girlfriend,Alyssa, who works as waitress
and studies in a design school, and they tentatively re-
sume their relationship. Bobby begins hearing weird
noises and finds blood in his apartment, and overhears
an argument between an abusive police officer and his
wife and their daughter next door in Room 517. He finds
bottles of pills in the bathroom and learns from the man-
ager that his mother had locked herself in her apartment
for a week prior to her death.
When Bobby next hears an argument ensue in Room
Official Poster 517, he bangs on the door and tries to intervene. The
Directed by Yam Laranas police officer comes to his door and tells him to mind
his own business. On another evening, Bobby overhears
Produced by Roy Lee
the police officer beating his wife next door, and the
Doug Davison
daughter standing in front of his door. He invites her in
Written by Eric Bernt and calls the police on the tenants next door. However,
Shintaro Shimosawa it turns out that Room 517 has been empty for several
Starring Jesse Bradford years. Bobby continues to hear things; his experiences af-
Kevin Durand fect his job performance, and his relationship with Alyssa
Amelia Warner starts to deteriorate, with her thinking he is crazy.
Iza Calzado Meanwhile, one other tenant had been experiencing
Music by Tomandandy the same visions as Bobby—he comes face-to-face with
the ghosts in his apartment, and his body is later dis-
Cinematography Matthew Irving
covered, with the police looking at Bobby as a possible
Editing by John Coniglio suspect. The ghosts of the mother and daughter begin
haunting other individuals who have connections with
Release date(s) November 10, 2009 (direct to video)
Bobby and the apartment building: Alyssa, as she is tak-
Language English, Italian ing her design final; Hector, when he comes to Bobby’s
apartment in order to apologize for a misunderstanding.
The Echo is a 2008 American remake Horror film from a While interrogating other tenants, Bobby discovers that,
Filipino film originally titled Sigaw (translates into either years ago, an abusive police officer had beaten his wife
"Shout" or "Scream" in English). Yam Laranas who co- to death when she tried to leave him, and dumped his
wrote and directed the original film, also directed the re- daughter’s body down the garbage chute. But although
make movie, which was written by Eric Bernt. the wife had banged on other people’s doors and
screamed for help, no one had been willing to intervene
(including Bobby’s mother, who had then experienced
the haunting), and the ghosts of the family continued to
haunt the apartment.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Echo (2008 film)
Hector, while looking for Bobby, dies by falling down • Pruitt Taylor Vince - Joseph
a staircase after running from the ghost of the daughter. • Jayne Eastwood - Lucille Jiminez
Alyssa, also haunted by the ghosts, runs to Bobby’s apart- • Carlos Leon - Hector
ment looking for him, but winds up being dragged to • Stacey LaBerge - Student
Room 517 by the ghost of the police officer—mimicking • Hrant Alianak - Max
the way the wife was murdered. Bobby hears Alyssa’s • Louise Linton - Katie
screams of pain, and saves her. While tending to her back • Courtenay J. Stevens - Older Cop
in his room, Bobby witnesses the scene as it had occurred • Vanessa Petronelli - Waitress
those years ago; yet, this time, Bobby doesn’t let the en- • Bathsheba Garnett - Old Russian Woman
tire scene play out and rushes to intervene just as the po- • Jamie Bloch - Carly
lice officer is about to give the final blow to the wife. The • Paulette Sinclair - Helen Davis
wife then incapacitates the husband and embraces her • George Santino - Manager
daughter in relief. • Martin Hinz - Detective
• Brendan Carmody - University student
Cast
• Kevin Durand - Walter
• Jesse Bradford - Bobby
External links
• Iza Calzado - Gina • Director’s Official Blog
• Amelia Warner - Alyssa • The Echo at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories:
• 2008 films
• 2000s horror films
• American horror films
• Film remakes
• Films set in New York
• Ghost films
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