Spooky Horror Thriller Released By Somerset County Filmmaker Ahead Of Halloween

GREEN BROOK, NJ — Evan Marcewicz of Green Brook has always had a knack for telling stories and film.

He started before the pandemic with his own YouTube gaming channel. However, he always wanted to "move to something bigger."

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Marcewicz was attending college, but the pandemic threw a wrench in his education. He ended up working at DCTV, which specialized in documentary film and storytelling.

The desire to create films continued to grow. He ended up starting his own production company called Vibrolix Studios and purchased his own gear and camera equipment.

"I bought it for exactly this reason for the movie because I was like, well, if I'm going all in, I'm gonna make sure it's quality production. And so that's where I really went for it," said Marcewicz to Patch.

His first independent feature film, "Echo Point," was officially released at the end of August after more than a year of development, production, post-production, and distribution work.

"The film was fully self-funded by me and follows a man who inherits a secluded cabin and discovers an old radio carrying the voices of a killer's victims," said Marcewicz.

Although Marcewicz is from Somerset County, he said filming took place in upstate New York in the small town of East Branch, near the Pennsylvania-New York border. He said principal photography took four days, followed by one additional day of reshoots.

Marcewicz put everything he had into the horror film.

"Everything was self-funded. I maxed out like two credit cards to film. I took out a loan from the bank, and I was like, 'Okay, we're going to do it,' and it was fun. I would never change that," said Marcewicz.

He said the fall release lined up with his goal of getting the film out around Halloween.

"My main concern was to get the movie out for Halloween," he said.

His hard work and determination are beginning to pay off, as Marcewicz said Echo Point "just hit the top 10,000 on IMDb, which is crazy."

Echo Point is now available on Amazon as a paid rental. He also said it will likely remain a paid rental through the end of January before moving to free platforms including YouTube and Tubi.

To watch the film, visit amazon.com/gp/video.

See the trailer below:

Moving forward, he said he is continuing to develop more projects through Vibrolix Studios.

"I have multiple other stories I have lined up, so I'll be in the industry for a very good while," Marcewicz said.

He said he hopes to "really see where the journey takes me."

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