Acting was horrendous which felt like the actors were reading off a script rather than getting into character to have a dialogue and this wasn't helped by the heroin's incredibly annoying, mousy voice. Echoes of Fear opens with an elderly man (Norman Zeller – Malignant) taking a shower, who promptly dies in mysterious circumstances. Good grief, why do so many female actors have their mouths gaping open like an idiot in every other scene?

Plot holes - not sure who the squatter was, what the dead cat added to the story apart from an attempted chill factor, or what the heck they were doing with the extracted blood. It's your typical, 'What Lies Beneathesque' ghost story although the former did a much better job at convincing.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. is super impressive with his skills LOL I'm not a pet rat enthusiast or anything but I do love animals. A young woman must confront the mystery surrounding her grandfather's death after she inherits his house. It’s a haunted house film, but the main focus of the story isn’t the haunting, it’s more of a detective story following a breadcrumb trail, occasionally interrupted by ghostly presences that really wish she’d pay more attention to the things they’re scrawling on walls and mirrors.

It takes the basics of a creepy, haunted house tale and layers in a couple of complexities that heightens the interest level. 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 . But as the film progresses, she starts making smart decisions rather than trite, tired ones; she shows a surprising amount of passion and energy in her performance, even if the script is determined to try and sabotage her.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. Most people who like suspense will enjoy this movie because there are enough scare scenes and unknowns to keep it interesting. Young woman inherits house from deceased grandfather and is beset by supernatural scares while living there to get it in shape to sell.