Reviews for Sinister have been generally positive, with Variety praising the movie as "the sort of tale that would paralyze kids' psyches".[7] Film.com stated that Sinister was a "deeply frightening horror film that takes its obligation to alarm very seriously".[8] Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "an undeniably scary movie."[9] E! named it the best horror film of 2012, citing the film's soundtrack and subversion of contemporary horror tropes. [10]
As of November 2, 2012, the film has a 63% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 120 reviews. The consensus of the site is, "Its plot hinges on typically implausible horror-movie behavior and recycles countless genre cliches, but Sinister delivers a surprising number of fresh, diabolical twists."[11] CraveOnline called the film "solid" but remarked that the film "doesn't quite go to the next level that gets me like an Insidious",[12] and IGN praised the film's story while criticizing some of Sinister's "scream-out-loud moments" as lazy WATCH MORE VIDEOS
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The next time the deputy calls, Ellison answers. The deputy informs him that he has discovered a link between each of the murders: Every family had previously lived in the house where the last murder took place, and each new murder occurred shortly after the family moved into their new residence; by moving, Ellison has placed himself and his family in line to be the next victims. Before he can react, Ellison becomes light-headed; inspecting his coffee cup, he finds a note reading "Good Night Daddy" before losing consciousness. watch more
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One night, Ellison hears the film projector running and goes up to the attic. There, he finds the missing children in various states of decay, watching one of the films. Bughuul suddenly appears on camera before physically appearing before Ellison. Ellison takes the camera and the films to the backyard and burns them. Then he wakes his family to tell them that they are moving back to their old house.
While sinister moving his family back into their old home, Ellison discovers the projector and films in his attic, along with a new envelope of film labeled "extended endings." Ignoring repeated calls from the deputy, Ellison watches the footage. He finds that it depicts the missing children coming onscreen following each murder, revealing themselves to be the killers before suddenly disappearing.
After viewing the films, Ellison receives a message from Professor Jonas, who sends him scans of historical drawings associated with Bughuul; each had been partially destroyed because ancient cultures believed that Bughuul lived within the images, and that they acted as portals between his realm and the mortal world.
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The film sinister opens with Super 8 footage depicting a family of four standing beneath a tree with hoods over their heads and nooses around their necks. An unseen figure saws through a limb acting as a counterweight, causing them all to be strangled.
Months later, washed-up true crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) moves into the murdered family's home with his wife, Tracy (Juliet Rylance), and their two children Ashley (Clare Foley) and Trevor (Michael Hall D'Addario). Ellison intends to use the murders as the basis for his new book, and hopes that his research will turn up the fate of the family's fifth member, a little girl named Stephanie who disappeared following the murders.
Ellison finds a box in the attic, which contains a projector and several reels of Standard 8mm footage that are each labeled as if innocent home movies. Watching the films, Ellison discovers that they are snuff movies depicting families being murdered in various ways, including having their throats slit in bed (Sleepy Time '98), being burnt to death in a car (BBQ '79), being drowned in their pool (Pool Party '66), being run over by a lawn mower (Lawn Work '86) and the hanging that opened the movie (Family Hanging Out '11).
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