Review of Sinister (2012) by Midlands M — 19 Oct 2013
A struggling crime-writer (Ethan Hawke) moves his family to a new town where unsolved murders and a decidedly creepy vibe abound in this horror vehicle from last year. Finding a box of Super-8 film reels in the attic, Hawke watches footage of grisly murders (at night, in the attic of course) whose images and evil power begin to infest their own world via his small child.
A solid story and a couple of neat twists and scares are not enough to save this average schlock which stands alongside similar dirge like Insidious as 15-rated yawn-fests with even the reliable Vincent D'Onofrio providing scant saving grace as Professor "Exposition", filling the huge gaps in the plot by webcam.
Unfortunately, it is Hollywood films like these that have hurried up my move to foreign horror which for me have had fresher ideas and better actors in the last few years. In no way the worst chiller I've seen, just so ominously run of the mill.
6/10 Midlands Movies Mike.
This review of Sinister (2012) was written by Midlands M on 19 Oct 2013.
Sinister has generally received positive reviews.
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