Bobby Reynolds is released on probation from Rikers and moves to the old apartment in East Village, New York, where his lonely mother lived and passed away. He finds a job as mechanic at the Houston Auto Repair shop owned by the supportive Hector Rodriguez and tries to rebuild his life. However, he is deemed an outcast and his former friends and neighbors do not want to talk to him. He meets his former girlfriend, Alyssa Foldes, who works as waitress and studies in a design college. Bobby hears weird noises and finds blood in his apartment, and overhears an argument between an abusive police officer and his wife and their daughters. Soon he discovers that the next door apartment is actually empty and he is haunted by the ghosts of the deceased family who were not helped by the neighbors who lived there at that time.

Sigaw (2004)
  • Rating: (368 votes)
  • Tagline:May kasama ka, 'di mo lang alam... (You have companion, you just don't know) »
  • Runtime:102 minutes
  • Director: Yam Laranas
  • Country:Philippines
  • Actors:
    Bert
    Jomari Yllana
    Marvin
    Richard Gutierrez
    Anna
    Iza Calzado
    Pinky
    Angel Locsin
    Jude
    James Blanco
    Lara
    Ella Guevara
    Marvin's Mother
    Lui Manansala
    Pinky's Mother
    Tessie Villarama
    Pinky's Father
    Pocholo Montes
    Caretaker
    Ronnie Lazaro
  • Genres:Horror, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Jocelyn D. Bracamonte
    associate producer  
    William Lao
    executive producer  
    Roselle Monteverde-Teo
    producer  
  • Plot: Marvin savors his independence in a newly acquired unit of an old apartment building. He is frequently visited by his girlfriend Pinky. Except for the occasional noise from an apartment unit down the hallway, the place is almost perfect for Marvin. At the end of the hallway is where Anna lives with her young daughter Lara, and Bert, her jealous husband. Bert is a cop, and he has always suspected Anna of two-timing him. His frequent jealous outbursts would always lead to beatings that could be heard throughout the whole floor. Marvin would usually be awakened at night by the sound of screaming and beating from Anna's unit. Marvin complains to the building caretaker, a drunk, who would just tell him to ignore the disturbance from the apartment down the hall. Anna and her daughter would usually ask for help from Jude, who lives in an apartment unit in the middle of the hallway. Jude's apartment becomes a temporary refuge for the little girl Lara. One day, Pinky drops by Marvin's apartment and is shocked to see a woman knocking on his door. Pinky suspects Marvin is seeing another girl, which could explain why he has been acting strange lately. Marvin vehemently denies seeing another woman. It is the strange occurrences in his apartment that is making him act strange lately. Meanwhile, the beatings down the hall intensify.Jude is getting scared because the cruel cop Bert is beginning to suspect that Jude is having an affair with Anna, which isn't true. Marvin gets drawn to the couple's frequent quarrels. He even witnesses Bert chasing Anna and beating her up in the corridor. All that violence affects Marvin. At length, he musters the courage to find out more about the quarreling couple. What he finds out shocks him. Marvin uncovers a secret that will change his life and Pinky's as well. The discovery sets into motion a series of hauntings that follow him and Pinky around. He decides to leave his apartment but the hauntings follow them wherever they go. Marvin finally decides to confront the problem. He returns to the old apartment building to face the evil that dwells in it. What happens next shakes the very core of his beliefs about life, love and the spirit world. Written by newton20032004
Sigaw
  • User's comment:A genuinely creepy, scary film that doesn't go for cheap thrills. by miron1-3

    Just when horror movies were becoming predictable, SIGAW and its director Yam Laranas came along to deliver the biggest scare of all.

    And it's a scare that's not achieved with special effects and thick makeup and even thicker music -- but by going to the core of what really scares us.

    That noise we can't explain. That thing that doesn't look right. That person who is there but should not be there. Something that seems to be following you.

    Sigaw is genuinely, deeply creepy.

    I don't know if Hollywood would see they've got a gem of a film here. Sigaw has its peculiar sense of timing. It certainly doesn't conform to a Hollywood formula of one scare per ten minutes. There is a long scene where the director keeps you in a state of simple nervous expectancy. And then are there are non stop scares where you're hardly allowed to breath. But that's exactly why fans of horror will need and want this one. It's a shot in the arm for the genre.


  • Quote: The Caretaker: Don't mind them and they will not mind you. Convince yourself that you are not hearing the noises.
  • Also known as: The Echo (International - English title), The Echo (USA), The Scream (USA - informal literal title),

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