Amityville: Where the Echo Lives

The only thing scary was how bored I was. It was like it was trying to be scary, artsy, and everything else all at once and it positively crashed and burned. Full disclosure after sitting through 50 minutes I fast forwarded to the end. You can tell the main actress really tried but the poor writing and direction of the whole film really tore it all down. Normally you can laugh at B-rated horror movies but it was so dull you couldn't even do that. The filming styles also constantly changed same with the voices somehow. Some points absolutely made no sense as to why they were in the film in the first place. Just...save yourself the time and pass on it.

This is probably the worst movie I've ever seen in my entire life. It has some seriously bad acting, no real chemistry between the actors, also seems like the audio is dubbed. This movie is what you would expect from school students. It's basically 40 minutes and 5 seconds of my life I will never get back, because literally that is all I could take of rhis movie. Don't waste your time on this trash. Nothing good actually happens in it. Get way more entertainment watching paint dry.

Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, totally and utterly garbage, oh, did I mention totally Garbage?

Unskilled director, Unskilled actors, SERIOUSLY I'M NOT LYING, THERE IS A LINE IN THE MOVIE, "NOTHING IS REALLY HAPPENING"

YOU DON'T SAY! NOTHING AT ALL IS HAPPENING IN THIS MOVIE.

I just watched it because the reviews were bad... and it was really bad indeed. Dull, uninspiring and nothing was really interesting - not the story, not the characters, not the scenery... Even the girl that wants to investigate the place seems to talk about so-called scary things like she is doing a book review on a dictionary.

I hope this was a high school project of a few students that had to make a movie without spending a single dollar and bringing in friends as actors...

If you also consider watching this movie because you want to know how the movie was - please review your life choices and put this lower on the list.

Of course I had never heard about this 2024 horror movie titled "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" prior to sitting down and watching it. And truth be told, I harbored zero expectations to director Carlos Ayala, as the majority of movies with the word 'Amityville' in the title is pure rubbish.

And true to formula, then "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" was a lousy horror experience. The narrative in the movie moves forward with absolutely no momentum. In fact, it is slow paced that it feels as if it was actually going in reverse. And whatever script that had been churned out for director Carlos Ayala to bring to the screen hed zero interesting contents. There was nothing scary to be seen anywhere in the movie, well, not unless you consider a monotonous narrative and shallow script as scary.

Of course I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in this low budget attempt of a horror movie. And while I usually do enjoy watching unfamiliar talents and faces on the screen, it just wasn't the cast with this movie, because the script was ridiculous and the acting performances were wooden, rigid and devoid of emotions.

Do yourself a favor and give "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" a wide berth. It just simply isn't worth squandering 89 minutes on watching. Some of us suffered through this dung heap, so you don't have to; you're quite welcome.

My rating of director Carlos Ayala's 2024 horror movie "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" lands on a generous two out of ten stars. I would have rated it a mere one star, but at least the production value of the movie was good enough to drag it up to a meager two out of ten stars.

Watching this film and waiting for something to actually happen is akin to watching paint dry. I mean, there's more entertainment value watching two hours of QVC home shopping than this. It's in no way related to any other Amityville film or story as far as I could tell. That said, even losing the branding on its title still wouldn't help anything out, it's not a piece of work that can stand on its own at all.

I honestly don't know what the plot of the film is because it gets so boring and nothing happens, even the most dedicated viewer tunes out. I don't understand the director or producer's motivation for even making this film as I doubt it would be successful as a quick money grab even in second run theaters.

Even watching it for free on a free streaming service was a rip off. When someone figures out the point of this film or what message it's trying to convey, please comment it.