What happened to the horror?

Rating: 4/10 (24 November 2012)

Oh dear God, this movie was such a horrible disappointment. The trailer looked interesting and the story sounded alright, but the movie itself was just far from scary and actually turned out to be somewhat of a joke.
Sure it was better than the recent crap that has flooded the horror genre, such as the "Paranormal Activity" series, but then again, it doesn't take much from a movie to do that.
What made "Sinister" bearable to watch was the acting performances. Normally I am not much of a fan of Ethan Hawke, but he actually did a good job in this movie. And the movie does have some great moments where it builds up some suspense, just a shame that it never really climaxed into anything particularly worthwhile. And also the cinematography in the movie made the movie bearable to suffer through. A lot of good camera work and great angles, but ultimately it was all struggling to best a horrible storyline and a lack of scares.
The story does start out nice and does have a certain appeal, but it all takes a turn for the worse when you are let in on what is actually going on, and when you see the dead children in the house for the first time it all goes downhill fast.
I had expected "Sinister" to be a lot more than it turned out to be. I wasn't particularly spooked or thrilled at any given moment throughout the entire feature. There were some good moments, but they never really culminated into anything grand. And the story took a severe turn for the worse and ridiculous along the way.
If you enjoy a good scary movie, there are far better movies available out there.