totarin-89193 I'm a horror movie fan and this movie was scaaaary! and really good too. Recommend it for sure. Actually, I saw the second one and it isn't worth it. Just watch this one

adonis98-743-186503 Sinister is a movie starring Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, and James Ransone. Washed-up true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super 8 home movies that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s. Just like with Insidious and The Conjuring Sinister adapts a new Era of great horror films and boy is it creepy? The film builts an amazing atmosphere of terror that benefits from a terrific perfomance from Ethan Hawke plus the ending comes from where you didn't expect it to come and it's really creepy and just terrifying as for that entity it looked pretty damn scary to begin with trust me. (10/10)

jadonachar I decided to watch this movie based on the rating which is not bad for a horror movie and the couple reviews i read about were positive. The movie began with a great start, it took a lot of time for action to appear afterwards but it does keep the suspense going, there are a lot of jumpscares, the movie itself is not scary so that disappointed me since it is a horror movie, the ending is the worst part about the movie, it is just ridiculous, it does not make any sense, i feel like i wasted my entire time watching this movie because of the crappy ending.

jesseengland-13425 I'm always wary of advertising campaigns riding the coattails of big summer movies. It cheapens everything when a movie boasts the PRODUCERS of other horror movies, as though they're directors. I always expect a rehash of the aforementioned films into a familiar formula that will sell tickets. Sinister is most of those things. The beginning of this movie looks promising, creating huge atmosphere; often at the cost of realism (nobody turns on a light in this movie!). Our true crime author protagonist (Ethan Hawke) intentionally moves into a murder house, hoping for inspiration for his new book. He hits the jackpot when he finds a bunch of snuff films in the attic (including the murder of the previous owners). They are genuinely creepy, and easily the redeeming quality of this movie. Then, of course, strange things start happening. Shortly after this film dips into the paranormal, we spend the rest of the film drowning in a highly predictable mess of horror cliches. From ridiculous jump scares of faces popping out of the corner of the screen (think "TOASY" from the old Mortal Kombat games), to our antagonist wearing a Slipknot mask. The worst offender, however, are the ghost children and their awful makeup. It was cheap haunted house quality, and killed the atmosphere every time. Even the "plot twist" was easy to notice in the first half hour of the film. Sinister is worth it to see the snuff films, but everything else may have you rolling your eyes.