Sinister has since developed a reputation for scariness and is considered a cult classic. A 2020 study by Broadband Choices named it the scariest film ever made, based on an analysis of …

Oct 12, 2012 · We follow the story of true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke), who moves his family into a new house... though his wife and children are unaware that their new home is …

Mar 26, 2025 · Directed by Scott Derrickson, Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror thriller starring Ethan Hawke as struggling true-crimes write Ellison Oswalt, who, desperate for new material, …

Its plot hinges on typically implausible horror-movie behavior and recycles countless genre cliches, but Sinister delivers a surprising number of fresh, diabolical twists.

May 14, 2025 · In 2012, director Scott Derrickson and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill came together and made " Sinister," a landmark horror film that would go on to define a decade …

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Desperate to unravel the mystery, his dark discoveries ultimately put him and his family in the grip of a malevolent force.

An overzealous crime writer moves his family into a home that was the sight of a quadruple murder. A box of the deceased's home movies points to an ot...

True crime novelist Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is so desperate to repeat the success of his first book that he moves his family into a home that served as ...