Echoes of Fear [DVD]

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Echoes of Fear premiered at the 18th annual Shriekfest Horror Festival, the longest running horror festival in Los Angeles, where it won Best Supernatural Horror Feature. There are some obviously fake reviews on here giving it 10/10 but in a sea of mediocre horror movies this one was slightly better than average. It's better than most of the WalMart straight to streaming dreck out there and certainly worth a watch. Most people who like suspense will enjoy this movie because there are enough scare scenes and unknowns to keep it interesting. Some of the scenes are not for the squeamish, but if you've seen tons of Horror as I have, you won't be too bothered with the severed heads and limbs or the extreme violence.

The film was inspired by several real life killings, from the Hillside Strangler being two cousins to the ghost rapes of Bolivia, where women in a Bolivian Mennonite community were convinced that ghosts or demons were attacking them in their sleep when it was really men using animal anesthetic. I won't say much, because I don't want to give anything away, but this is a film I feel is very much worth checking out! It sent me and my husband crazy how totally irritating her damn voice was and the relief when she wasn't on the screen. Sure, the acting is just so-so, and the production values are not great at all, but judging it for what it is, I enjoyed it.While most of the horror is psychological there are some violent and disturbing scenes including a sword stick being put to good use and a couple of stranglings . No one even myself can judge if a film is going to be good or bad after 5 minutes, you have to give it time before you can decide it’s not for you. The film has a fairly small cast which includes an elderly man living next door who is a chain smoker despite being attached to a portable oxygen tank, and a delightful pet mouse, rightfully given a credit (Twikie and Twixie).

The tired old twists are boring beyond belief, the climax as generic as they come, the film washed out and rubbish-looking.

Not much here that you haven't seen before, although there are a couple of creepy scenes and decent scares. Okay, so this is my first ever review but I feel like people NEED to be warned for the absolutely shocking acting by the main character. By the end of it, you’ll be glad you did, because frankly any movie that manages to genuinely scare me enough to make me squeal “Fuck my Life! There were a few good jump scares but it's not a scary movie in my opinion, it was more of a suspense/mystery movie with some frights.