Haunted Echoes

I thought that Haunted Echoes was a very good low budget horror film. It is about a couple called Guy and Laura who have recently suffered their worst nightmare,their eight-year-old daughter Kimberly was abducted from her bedroom. not long after they move to a old house which is in need of repair, They hope that it will take their mind off what has happened. but they soon find themselves haunted by a young female spirit who looks like their daughter Kimberly. I thought that this film was very good despite it being a low budget movie, It also had quite a frightening storyline to it. which give it that haunting atmosphere

We rented this through Redbox and it was not worth the $1 we paid. The music was obnoxious and loud, the acting was bad in almost every scene, and it wasn't even remotely close to being a horror/scary movie. Not to mention that at the end when she says they're moving to Aberdeen, Oregon, she's incorrect. There is no such place as Aberdeen, Oregon. It's Aberdeen, Washington.

This is one of those movies that you start watching and then you end up doing other things while it plays, like laundry, washing the dog, etc. The only part of the movie worth watching was the very end, and the scenes with M. Emmet Walsh.

Let me first say, I used to LOVE Sean Young, even after she went a little crazy. I don't know how she got roped into this piece of crap unless she really needed the money. The acting is over the top, the story is awful, the references to animals are horrible... in fact there's a scene I had to turn off because it was so inappropriate to the story and horrible to the cat. (I have to assume what happened because it was well on its way to happening when we changed the channel!!) We couldn't even make it half way through the movie. The writer should be ashamed of himself!

There is no reason whatsoever to waste your time on this movie. It will just make you mad.

The End!

Haunted Echoes is a about a husband and wife whose daughter is abducted and murdered. She is found 10 days later. One of the lads who found her was charged with her murder. The husband and wife decide to move and start a new life in a new home.

The family have a spirit in their home to contend with and they believe it to be that of their daughter.

They ask the police to reopen the case of their daughters murder as they feel the ghost is telling them they have convicted the wrong person and that the culprit is still out there and will kill again.

Although this movie is low budget it is engaging from early on. The acting is very good, the characters are likable and gain your interest quickly. There is an air of sinister malevolence which comes across to the watcher and instills trepidation. It slowly builds and has a few little red herrings and twists and turns along the way.

HAUNTED ECHOES is a story about a husband and wife whose daughter is abducted one night, after a 10 day search her body is eventually found, several months later the husband and wife move in to an old house, and a series of strange events start to take place.

The fact that this film is low budget is obvious once it gets started, but that doesn't mean it didn't have the talent behind it, unlike your big budget fare these days, this film has own way to generate a creepy tone, it isn't very atmospheric, and it doesn't really aim to make you jump out of your seat, it concentrates more on setting the right mood, which it manages very well.

The script itself is very well written, it develops the characters of the husband and wife well enough for you to relate to their situation, and everything they do and how they react to certain things all make sense.

In case you might feel you won't enjoy this film because it is low budget, here's a few things to take into account, it is directed by Harry Bromley Davenport, who was known for directing an early 80's sci-fi movie called XTRO that later spawned two sequels, and stars Sean Young, David Starzyk and E. Emmet Walsh, who give believable performances and are not exactly unfamiliar faces.

Overall, if you're looking for artistic aspirations, you probably won't find it here, but if want creative film making skill or creative talent you'll find plenty.