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Oct 12, 2012 · A crime writer finds a box of disturbing home movies in his new house, linked to a mysterious serial killer. 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, ominous, or left-handed. Find out how sinister differs from insidious, pernicious, and baleful.
Sinister is a 2012 horror film about a true-crime writer who moves into a house where a family was murdered and finds a supernatural force. The film has a 63% Tomatometer and a 62% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 158 critic reviews and 50,000+ ratings.
- (5.4K)
- Scott Derrickson
- R
- Ethan Hawke
Oct 10, 2012 · A horror film about a writer who moves into a haunted house with his family and discovers the dark secrets of its past. Read Roger Ebert's review of "Sinister", a story of mysterious bangs, moans, children and occult horror.
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 soon realizes that the films are linked to a demonic entity that preys on children and he must stop it.
