sigaw ?

[nicklord1]

Has anyone seen this movie , if so , does anyone know where to buy it

Thanks

[daisho2004]

Sigaw ("The Echo")

A ghost movie with all the ingredients: Spooky little girl, dilapitated apartment building, and an unwitting new tenant.

Sigaw, aka “The Echo”, is an Asian ghost movie — I know what you’re thinking: Not another one! — but this one isn’t from China, Japan, or Korea. It’s a Filipino film directed by Yam Laranas, and it’s about a haunted apartment building that exists both in the present and the past.

When studious young Marvin (Richard Gutierez) moves into his first home away from home, he does his best to fix the grim little place up (though the unit makes the Dark Water set look like a palace) with the help of his buxom girlfriend, Pinky (Angel Locsin). At first things seem to be going well enough, despite the strange noises and the even stranger neighbors also residing on the water-stained 7th floor.

At night he hears a drunken, paranoid Bert (Jomari Yllana) verbally and physically abusing his wife Anna (Izza Calsado), and his young daughter Lara (Denise Guevarra), but Marvin doesn’t want to get involved — not only is Bert violent, but he’s a cop. However, the new tenant can’t help but get involved when one evening Anna pleads with him to baby-sit her daughter for a few hours, just until Bert simmers down. The fact that the little girl has long, dark hair ought to be clue enough, but what really sends Marvin over the edge is how she keeps disappearing and then reappearing in the oddest places. A limp, pitiful rag doll is her constant companion.

Marvin begins to doubt his own sanity. He shares his concerns with Pinky, who tries to convince him to move out, but this is his very first place, one that he bought with own money working at a nearby restaurant, and he isn’t about to be convinced so easily to just pick up and leave. Before long, Pinky starts having nightmarish experiences in the building too. Neither can deny that something is terribly wrong when the bloodstained apparitions of Anna and Lara show up in places other than Marvin’s apartment; the couple’s daily existence seems to fade in and out of reality and they vow to somehow set things right.

Sigaw, despite its oppressive use of drab olive greens and dreary sepia browns, is a beautifully shot film with some truly interesting camera angles and clever use of negative space. The moody musical score adds to the feelings of foreboding and danger, and the ambience of knocking, crying, and clanking are stealthily woven in to create a creepy cloak of sound. Each of the actors does a believable job of conveying a real sense of dread. While the solving of the mystery comes as no surprise and some questions are left hanging, the writer (Roy C. Iglesias) and director do a nice job of making the audience care what happens to the characters anyway.

Slowly drowning in a netherworld of torment and loneliness, Sigaw is not a feel-good horror movie. It’s not even particularly scary or thought-provoking, but there is something oddly compelling about it. While it spends too much time on the buildup and not enough on the resolution, Sigaw is definitely worth seeing at least once.

Sigaw will have its North American debut on October 14, 2005 at the ScreamfestLA International Horror Film Festival. Presumably, it’ll be on DVD shortly thereafter.

[DiP]

This one didn't get alot of positive reviews at the time it was out. Shame.

Filipino films aren't as known and widely-distributed as their Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai counterparts but production (especially digital films) and financing in the industry are starting to increase and evolve. One film I've been scooping out for in quite a while is a crime film called OJT (http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15929).

[The Silver Fox]

I thought Sigaw was pretty good and the acting and cinematography were excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing 'The Road' another Filipino horror movie that looks promising.