When I first saw the trailer for Sinister I had no idea what to think. It's incredibly easy to be fooled by an amazing trailer, but after seeing the movie itself I realized that the synopsis wasn't completely revealed and there was a lot more underneath than what the trailer let on.
"Genuinely creepy horror movie, which suggests more than it shows but shows enough to make non-genre fans watch from between closed fingers." - Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International
Dead Poets Society being one of my favorite movies of all time, I have always been a big fan of Ethan Hawke. I felt his performance in Sinister was definitely at the top of his game. Hawke plays true-crime novelist Ellison Oswalt, who has already had his 15 minutes of fame as a writer and is willing to do almost anything to get it back, even if it means jeopardizing his family.
Hoping to write his next bestseller on the brutal homicide of a Pennsylvania family, Oswalt moves his wife and children into the very house where the previous tenants met their tragic fate. During the moving process he finds a box of Super 8-recorded home videos in the attic. Upon viewing the videos, Oswalt finds that each one ends in the ghastly murder of an entire family, leading him to begin questioning his own sanity and the security of his family in their new home.
ROTTEN TOMATOES RATING: 63%
Sinister had a few kinks that could have been worked out but nothing too terrible. It definitely provides entertainment that is suitable for more than just your average horror audience. I would say that it was more suspenseful than terrifying. There are several jumpy parts and disturbing images but the gore level is kept to a minimum for those of you with queasy stomachs. This is definitely a film to check out while it's in the theater this fall.
-Colby.
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