“Jesus, what the fuck!”
Scott Derrickson went back to his Sinister roots with his looming trees, ghostly kids, and grain footage, offering us his best Stephen King adaptation without it being a Stephen King adaptation. Giving off strong IT vibes with all sorts of supernatural overtones and trauma afflicted kids, strictly heightened by numerous child performances— Madeleine McGraw, cast her in everything now!— that were both stellar and convincing. But… it’s Ethan Hawke for me, Ethan-motherfucking-Hawke; give the man a…