Review of Sinister (2012) by Gemini0577 — 11 Oct 2012
After a once-successful author decides to move his family into a house where a heinous murder took place, things start to get weird. That is great for the viewer and bad for the family. This film is a nightmarish voyage into the past of unsolved murders and how the missing link doesn't always need to be found.
The chills are perfectly timed and the pace of this thrilling horror film is perfect, weaving in and out of states of undeniable tension with little effort. Ethan Hawke is superb as the the distraught author.
This isn't a by-the-numbers genre piece. It packs soe interesting surprises. And it doesn't hold back on the thrills, chills, and gore. For the most part, this is what horror should be. The flaw, and not really a big one, is that yet again a horror movie features characters that do not act rationally.
Still, that's a minor setback to an otherwise perfect gem of taught horror.
This review of Sinister (2012) was written by Gemini0577 on 11 Oct 2012.
Sinister has generally received positive reviews.
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