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Sinister (2012)

Directed by Scott Derrickson

Horror | Supernatural | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, scottfinn, sleestakk, Javitron, seanCduregger, zombiefreak, themarc, schofizzy, noahphex, leiabox

Overview

True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn’t had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims’ home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

Rated R | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Ethan Hawke | Juliet Rylance | Vincent D'Onofrio | James Ransone | Fred Dalton Thompson | Clare Foley | Michael Hall D'Addario | Victoria Leigh | Blake Mizrahi | Cameron Ocasio | Danielle Kotch | Ethan Haberfield | Nicholas King | Tavis Smiley | Rachel Konstantin | Emily Brobst

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

It took me an age to getting around to watching this, but it’s always been in the back of my head as ‘one to get around to’ - mainly because I’ve got it into my head that it’d be as effective as ‘Insidious’ ... which it wasn’t.

By a long shot.

Now, I really did like Insidious for what it was - a low budget, effective, creepy little chiller.  It was quite inventive in some of it’s scares, and it possessed a pretty eerie quality to it.

Sinister tries hard, but due to some hackneyed, cliched jump scares and some terrible acting (honestly, who was that actress who played Ethan Hawke’s wife?) it was all a bit meh…

Kids with ‘dead’ makeup on are not scary. 
The bad guy in this, the demon character, is not scary.

All in all, I felt very let down - and the blu-ray I bought is now up for sale!!!

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