Sinister

2012
15
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

297K

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Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.

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Supernatural Horror Tragedy Horror Mystery Thriller

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer... Read allA controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Director
- Scott Derrickson
Writers
- Scott Derrickson
- C. Robert Cargill
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

297K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,081

Director
- Scott Derrickson
Writers
- Scott Derrickson
- C. Robert Cargill
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 14 nominations total

Sheriff
(as Fred Dalton Thompson)

Michael Hall D'Addario

Trevor

Clare Foley

Ashley

Rob Riley

E.M.T.

Tavis Smiley

Anchor

Janet Zappala

Reporter

Victoria Leigh

Stephanie

Cameron Ocasio

BBQ Boy

Ethan Jack Haberfield

Pool Party Boy
(as Ethan Haberfield)

Danielle Kotch

Lawn Girl

Blake Mizrahi

Sleepy Time Boy

Nicholas King

Bughuul
(as Nick King)
…

Chester the Chihuahua

Barking Dog
(uncredited)

Vincent D'Onofrio

Professor Jonas
(uncredited)

Emma Jonnz

Flavian
(uncredited)

Director
- Scott Derrickson
Writers
- Scott Derrickson
- C. Robert Cargill
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Trivia
The family that was hanged on a tree were all played by stuntmen. However, when the scene was first done, the stunt coordinator botched the preparations for the scene, resulting in one of the actors coming loose from his harness, which went up around his neck. Fortunately he was not physically harmed, and the stunt coordinator was fired on set soon after.

Goofs
(at around 4 mins) Near the beginning of the film, we see Ashley painting a girl in red on the wall. We see that Ashley has painted the girl fully in red, however, in the next shot we see that the girl has a white space where the red paint was before.

Quotes
[last lines]
Ashley: Don't worry, Daddy. I'll make you famous again.

Connections
Edited into 5 Second Movies: Sinister (2012)

Soundtracks
Silence Teaches You How to Sing
Written by Kristoffer Rygg, Joern Henrik Sværen, Tore Ylvisaker
Performed by Ulver
Courtesy of Jester Records, Oslo, Norway

User reviews932

Featured review

10/10

Sinister is very scary! I can't sleep now!

Turn of your lights. Turn up your volume. Close all your curtains. And enjoy that you can't sleep that night. Sinister is a great movie. Take a blanket and when it is scary put it over your eyes :-) I don't want to tell anything about this horror movie because anything you tell will spoil the fun, you should not know anything about the story in advance I think to keep the excitement 100%. I have read some reviews and I have to say it contains too much information however they don't contain spoilers I would suggest not to read them :-) The acting was great and I really loved the horror scenes, they were amazing. Have a great horror night!