An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No Spoilers! If you want spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the point of view of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic?
Today we’re looking at 2012’s Sinister
True crime author Ellison Oswalt moves his family to a new home in order to help him write his next big break. After finding a box of super 8mm film that depicts horrific murders linked to the crime he is writing about, Ellison gets dragged into a possible supernatural mystery putting his family in danger.
UPDATE: We reviewed 2015’s Sinister 2! You can read our review by clicking here. Hint: It’s not good.
Overall Review:
If 240p is bad resolution quality and 16K is the best quality than this movie is the quality of good nightmares. That analogy works.
Sinister hits all the right notes for a Halloween movie, it’s spooky, terrifying, and has a great story. Ethan Hawke and the rest of the cast are great and the movie itself is well paced.
The movie sets up jump scares really well creating a suspenseful environment first but not all jump scares really work in the overall story. A few jump scares seem to only exist for the scare and not the story which is a pet peeve.
Still the movie is great and any horror fan should give it a viewing.
Is Sinister Scary?
I’m still looking behind me every so often to make sure I’m alone. Sinister is 100% terrifying. There are multiple jump scares but each are done right by setting up a suspenseful environment and making sense to the story. The music and use of super 8mm film immediately unsettles you before anything scary has happened.
If you’re looking to be terrified on Halloween this is the movie you need to watch with all the lights off.
Cast IMBD