I went into Sinister months later than I had anticipated, I had wanted to watch this on the big screen when I was visiting my family and friends in the U.S. at Halloween ('12) but it did not happen. I am almost thankful I watched this at home, in the dark with only one other person. I am not sure it would have had the same effect on me had I watched it in a theater full of loud Americans. I am also thankful I did not watch this alone. That's right, Sinister scared me. This is an extremely rare and welcomed occurrence.

Going into a film with so many mixed reviews is always exciting for me, there is an…

From the director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister marks director Scott Derrickson's second stint with the genre of horror & is an impressive improvement over his debut chiller. It might not have reached the dizzying heights of the genre masterpieces when it comes to storytelling aspects but it nonetheless accomplishes its goal of scaring the audience in a pretty impressive manner.

Opening with an 8mm footage of a family being killed by an unseen figure, Sinister concerns a true-crime writer who along with his family moves into the very house where a disturbing crime once took place in order to help his research. The plot is set in motion when he discovers a cache of snuff films in the…

Modern mainstream horror features an over reliance on cheap jump scares and found footage to elicit the scares, it is a formula that Sinister also employs but with far greater success. I think it is only fair to state that this is not a great horror film but it is more successful than most of its contemporaries delivering an eerie and insidious atmosphere that helps paper over some of the film’s significant plotting issues and derivative setup.

Sinister revolves around a crime writer who is researching his next book about the gruesome murder of a family and their missing daughter. Moving into the crime scene with his family he discovers a trail of similarly grisly murders via a box full…

Because I've been neglecting my wife due to the World Cup matches, I've had to watch more than a few of her picks for our movie watching pleasure. Now we saw this in March 2013 and I distinctly remember being creeped out by it. Needless to say after 48 group games, 8 last sixteen games, 4 quarter final games, and still 4 games to come, I'll be watching a few more horror films for my desertion of her.
Sinister is a creepy film. It has an atmospheric, eerie feel that is just a little unsettling. Scott Derrickson did it so well with The Exorcism Of Emily Rose and he's honed it perfectly here with some jump scares and a genuinely…