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The Echo(2008)
A young ex-con moves into an old apartment building only to learn his neighbor is an abusive police officer who savagely beats his wife and daughter. When the ex-con tries to intervene, he becomes trapped in a curse. For more about The Echo and The Echo Blu-ray release, see The Echo Blu-ray Review Starring: Jesse Bradford Director: Yam Laranas The Echo Blu-ray, Video QualityFor a lower-budgeted, straight-to-video horror release, I was surprised by the clarity and presence of The Echo's 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer. It's not exactly in the top ranks of Blu-ray presentations, but it easily beats out similar genre offerings. Aside from a few soft scenes, the image is sharp throughout, showing plenty of detail in close-ups and a nicely resolved look during longer shots. Contrast is excellent, especially in outdoor sceneswhich have a very dimension appearance and black levels retain shadow detail while still remaining dark enough not to look washed out or grayish. As you'll notice from the screenshots, most of the indoor scenes have a distinct yellow cast, and while this sometimes overwhelms the color palette, the choice works within the context of the film. Otherwise, colors are deep and stable and skin tones look natural. The print itself is very clean, and the thin layer of grain is only readily discernable in some of the darkest shots. The Echo Blu-ray, Audio QualityThe Echo's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track starts with some seriously creepy sound design and rarely relents. The audio-only credit sequence features Bobby's mom reacting to the supernatural noises around her, which creak, scrape, and skitter ominously. There's one instance where ghostly footsteps run a full circle around the soundfield. The cross-channel movements throughout are very convincing, and if you're like me, you'll feel oppressively surrounded. But, you know, in a good way. Not surprisingly then, there's also a lot of attention paid to minute environmental ambience, from the electric buzzing of fluorescent lights in a dank hallway to the bustling city sounds of New York. The sound effects are suitably scary, and I imagine it would've been fun to be a foley artist on this film. There are a few instances when the dialogue seems mixed rather lowI noticed this most with Amelia Warner's characterbut in all other respects the mix is impressive, with a satisfyingly full and detailed sound. Similar titles you might also like (still not reliable for this title)What is this?
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