Echorsis

Echorsis (2016)

Catfight between good and evil.

A young hustler takes advantage of the love of a gay man, and pays consequences for it in the form of a demonic possession.

Date of release
2016-04-13
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Director
Lemuel Lorca

Casting

Interesting facts

Echorsis: Sabunutan Between Good and Evil or simply Echorsis is a 2016 Philippine supernatural spoof horror film directed by Lemuel Lorca and produced by Chris Cahilig of Insight 360, and stars John Lapus, Kean Cipriano, and Alex Medina. It premiered in cinemas on April 13, 2016.

Production

The film was directed by Lemuel Lorca and was produced by Chris Cahilig under the production firm, Insight 360. Jerry Gracio served as writer of the film. Echorsis was described as a parody of The Exorcist.

The concept for Echorsis was created in 2011, when director Lorca and writer Gracio were discussing of a concept for a film in 2011. They were laughing about the concept which revolves around someone being possessed by a gay demon. In 2012 the two became serious about the concept and a script based on it was completed by late 2015. One of the challenges to producing the film was finding a producer to finance the film.

Producer Cahilig described the film as an "out-of-the-box" comedy. On the second day since the film's premiere in cinemas, Cahilig remarked that "Filipino moviegoers are ready for a black comedy such as Echorsis." He also remarked that the box office success of local films, English Only, Please, Heneral Luna, and That Thing Called Tadhana motivated the production team to continue on doing the Echorsis project despite the film's unconventional plo…

Echorsis is Lorca's sixth film and the biggest in terms of budget and was described by the director as a slight "mainstream commercial". The "light" film was a contrast to Lorca's previous indie films which had a more serious mood.

Alex Medina plays as the character Carlo, a conman who victimizes gay people. He gets possessed by different gay spirits of those he previously preyed on. According to Medina he was the last person who auditioned for the role. He said that he accepted the role saying that the film is "not a typical gay story" and that Echorsis tackles love and said it's about "acceptance" and tackles many different issues.

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