Sinister

Sinister (2012)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 91% want to see it
    (1,060 ratings)

A true crime novelist (Ethan Hawke) struggling to find his next big story, moves his family into a house where the horrific murder of an entire family took place. But after finding a box of home videos in which other families are also brutally murdered, his investigation leads him to a supernatural… More

R,
Directed By
Scott Derrickson
Written By
Scott Derrickson
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Oct 5, 2012 Wide
Summit Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Eric D. Snider, Film.com

    Your pants. Do you like having them scared off you? Then you and your pants will enjoy Sinister.

  • Peter Debruge, Variety

    The scares are not just intense but unyielding in this compelling horror yarn from The Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson.

  • Chris Tilly, IGN Movies UK

    While Sinister is hardly a game-changer, it is an extremely effective horror feature; one that creates its own highly original mythology, and wholeheartedly terrifies from start-to-finish.

  • Drew McWeeny, HitFix

    A controlled and sophisticated slow-burn horror film.

  • Fred Topel, Crave Online

    Horror fans will love the way it delivers on the genre with some inventive artistic flourish.

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