Essence of Echoes

The movie delivers exactly as it professes on the DVD cover. A good slasher movie. Brings back good memories to the old Friday the 13th movies where you know that someone is going to get kill, but the beauty is in the imagination of the writer and director to make it cool and startling. This movie does that. Obviously this movie was not a multimillion or even a million dollar film, as seen by some of the acting, but the movie stands on it's own which is a credit to Mr. Rikert. The lost art of the gory move returns.

A serial killer is on the loose, and brilliant FBI agent Julia Gates is on the job.

When victims are found dead in their homes in the middle of the night, Julia and her fellow agents do all their crime-scene detecting and evidence collection by flashlight. Since no one says there's been a power shutdown or a blackout, all we can surmise is that either the victims forgot to pay their electric bills, or the FBI fails to train its agents in the use of a handy device found on the walls of all the fancier houses -- a light switch -- in order to see what they're doing. They must miss a lot of evidence that way.

But, hey, this is a movie in which you hear the following dialog:

"All I know is, the (investigation) went deep."

"How deep?"

"All the way to the top."

This was a nice change from weeknight television. It has just the right amount of action, a bit of skin, not too bloody, and lead characters that compliment each other. The storyline is good and has a few twists to keep you guessing. It was not too intense, and there were plenty of moments of drama and fright, and a few amusing moments as well. This is not for the young kiddies, but it is an enjoyable evening for mature teens or older. This movie truly captures the spirit of a low budget thriller. Just let this film take you on the ride. Don't try to figure it out, just watch. Then rewind it and watch it again.