Sinister
Occult horror starring Ethan Hawke as a true-crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural terror. Also stars Law and Order veterans Vincent D’Onofrio and Fred Dalton Thompson. From the director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
- Director:
- Scott Derrickson ('The Exorcism of Emily Rose', 'The Day the Earth Stood Still')
- Writer:
- Scott DerricksonC. Robert Cargill
- Cast:
- Ethan HawkeVincent D'OnofrioJames RansoneFred Dalton ThompsonClare FoleyVictoria Leigh
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressThe scares are not just intense but unyielding in this compelling horror yarn.
Total Film
pressAn enjoyable, if boilerplate, boo-flick that maintains an enviable rate of scares per minute by throwing everything - demons, ghosts, snakes, loud noises - at the screen.
Time Out
pressThis so-so, occasionally effective horror film combines found-footage creepiness and haunted-house scares - but is stronger on mood than story.
The Guardian
pressThere isn't an ounce of ingenuity in the way the movie is concluded, but some generic expertise in the way it is put together.
Roger Ebert
pressAn undeniably scary movie, with performances adding enough human interest to give depth to the basic building blocks of horror.
Los Angeles Times
pressAs the best horror stories so often do, Sinister makes clear that we are our own boogeymen, the worst monsters of all.
Hollywood Reporter
pressEnjoyably edgy fright flick meshes serial-killer and haunted house ingredients.
Empire Magazine
pressDerrickson bounces back from his insipid redo of The Day The Earth Stood Still with an effective chiller that's got a skeleton or two in its closet.
Variety
pressThe scares are not just intense but unyielding in this compelling horror yarn.
Total Film
pressAn enjoyable, if boilerplate, boo-flick that maintains an enviable rate of scares per minute by throwing everything - demons, ghosts, snakes, loud noises - at the screen.
Time Out
pressThis so-so, occasionally effective horror film combines found-footage creepiness and haunted-house scares - but is stronger on mood than story.
The Guardian
pressThere isn't an ounce of ingenuity in the way the movie is concluded, but some generic expertise in the way it is put together.
Roger Ebert
pressAn undeniably scary movie, with performances adding enough human interest to give depth to the basic building blocks of horror.
Los Angeles Times
pressAs the best horror stories so often do, Sinister makes clear that we are our own boogeymen, the worst monsters of all.
Hollywood Reporter
pressEnjoyably edgy fright flick meshes serial-killer and haunted house ingredients.
Empire Magazine
pressDerrickson bounces back from his insipid redo of The Day The Earth Stood Still with an effective chiller that's got a skeleton or two in its closet.
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