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Oct 12, 2012 · A true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing a horrific crime from the 1960s. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this horror mystery thriller.
- (270K)
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Scott Derrickson
- 2012-10-12
Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by C. Robert Cargill and Derrickson. It shows Ethan Hawke as a struggling true-crime writer whose discovery of snuff films depicting gruesome murders in his new house puts his family in danger.
- $3 million
- Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word sinister, which means evil, threatening, or unlucky. Find out how sinister is related to the left side and heraldry, and see examples of sinister in sentences.
Sinister is a 2012 film about a true-crime writer who moves into a house where a family was murdered and finds a snuff film. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, who praise its twists but criticize its cliches.
- (5.4K)
- Scott Derrickson
- R
- Ethan Hawke
Oct 10, 2012 · "Sinister" is a story made of darkness: mysterious loud bangs in the attic, distant moans from the dead, vulnerable children, an egomaniac crime writer and his long-suffering wife, who is plenty fed up even before she discovers he has moved his family into the same house where horrifying murders took place.
A crime writer moves his family into a house where a grisly murder took place and finds a box of Super 8 films depicting other killings. He becomes obsessed with the mysterious films and the demonic figure behind them.
