
Crime writer Ellison Oswalt moves his family into a house where a horrific crime took place earlier, but his family doesn't know. He begins researching the crime in hopes of writing a book about it. Oswalt examines video footage that he finds in the house to help him in his research, but he soon discovers more than he bargained for.... (Full plot summary below)
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Crime writer Ellison Oswalt moves his family into a house where a horrific crime took place earlier, but his family doesn't know. He begins researching the crime in hopes of writing a book about it. Oswalt examines video footage that he finds in the house to help him in his research, but he soon discovers more than he bargained for.
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| 2UE That Movie ShowBlake HowardSinister is a subtle, poetic inquisition into the hypnotic power of horrific images ... oh and it's frightening entertainment at its best. |
| We Got This CoveredChristian LawEven though Sinister isn't the scariest of them all, it manages to do what any great horror film should aspire to do: leave audiences disturbed. |
| Examiner.comChris SawinWith a magnificent performance from Ethan Hawke, Sinister provides the authentic scares the horror junkie in you has been craving all year long. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. JohnsonIt comes together with a gruesome though excellent ending that some will find difficult to shake. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanSome kind of twisted work of genius, proudly joining the upper echelon of horror cinema. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)A scary movie that knows the imagination is the scariest place of all. |
| CraveOnlineWilliam BibbianiOne of the scariest horror movies I've seen in a long, long time. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanI knew perfectly well, after a while, what Sinister was going to scare me with. But I got scared anyway. |
| HitFixDrew McWeenyA controlled and sophisticated slow-burn horror film. |
| Fanboys of the UniverseJohnny GayzmonicTerrifying without being graphic and hypnotic in its encroaching dread, it's destined to be a classic. |