bobby reynolds ( jesse bradford ) be release on probation from rikers and move to the old apartment in east village and new york and where his lonely mother live and pass away . he find a job a mechanic in the houston auto repair own by the supportive hector rodriguez ( carlos leon ) and try to rebuild his life . however and he be outcast and his former friend and neighbor do not want to talk to him . he meet his former girlfriend alyssa foldes ( amelia warner ) that work a waitress and study in a college of design . bobby hears weird noise and find blood in his apartment and and overhear an argument between an abusive police officer and his wife and their daughter . sooner he discover that the next door apartment be actually empty and he be haunt by the ghost of the deceased family that be not help by the neighbor . the echo be a good ghost story and apparently a remake of a horror movie from philippine that i have not the chance to see yet . the plot be support by a stylish cinematography and a creepy apartment building that give a scary atmosphere . the conclusion do not explain how bobby could justify the death of hector in the basement of his building in the same day of his absence to the probation officer and even the bruise in alyssa and if the curse have end . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) represent ecos do mal ( echo from the evil ) .