Comments on: Richard reviews Sigaw (Echo)

By: Richard Brunton

Richard Brunton — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:41:40 +0000

Well for Westerners who aren’t overly educated in foreign cinema Asian Horror means the stable of Ring, Eye, etc and I wanted to make sure people saw this as not coming from that stable of Horror but having huge influence from.

When I use the term it’s not about geography, just a style of movie, and to be honest I hate categorising films (or anything) that simply.

Asian Horror will mean more psychological horror, brooding, usually attached to feelings from death particularly spirits after death, the image of children, and techniques such as slightly tilted camera angles, images slightly out of focus and not quite right, events happening just at the edges of the camera, all these things connect me to Asian Horror…but there’s so much more. Drop me a note if you want more.

By: Azalea Talal

Azalea Talal — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:30:20 +0000

whoa!! i never thought that this movie would attract foreign eyes!!

thanks for making this review – now i know that i can categrize “Sigaw” as one of the Asian horror films that have made an impression in non-Filipino viewers.

I’m just wondering why you didn’t classify this film as Asian horror initially… I mean, the Philippines is also an Asian country, right?

What exactly is Asian Horror for you? [this is a friendly question, I’m researching on this topic] I hope I can have some info from you, since you’re a film critic.

More power!!

By: sheerlane

sheerlane — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:44:26 +0000

omg I luv richard gutierrez spaecially in sigaw his sooooo gwapo and soooo hot!!!!

By: Edward Lee

Edward Lee — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:33:44 +0000

Great review. I’ll have to look for this on DVD.

By: Simone

Simone — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:29:02 +0000

This is exactly what I like about this blog, for what are the chances that I would get this review somewhere else? As a Filipino living abroad, I have lost touch with homegrown films so reading this news from The Movie Blog and coming from Rich was very exciting! It is good to know that Philippine made horror movies are finally being recognised and although I am not a big fan of the genr√É¬©, I’ll keep an eye on this one.

Cheers Rich! ;-)

By: Richard Brunton

Richard Brunton — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:38:08 +0000

You are right and I apologise. The Director picked me up on that too. Very sorry and I will adjust the review(s) accordingly.

By: Anansi Girl

Anansi Girl — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:27:54 +0000

I saw this movie when it came out in a filmfest. It was creepy, yes. But I believe Jomari Yllana was the actor who played the abusive husband.