Its not easy writing about crime.

Rating: 7/10 (10 August 2013)

Ellison Oswalt(Eathan Hawke)is a true-crime writer that moves his family to a new town in order to garner information for his new crime novel. His previous books sold enough to have a following; but he is determined this new book will be the big ticket to fame and riches. His family doesn't realize than the house he picked out to buy is the scene of a horrific crime; where a family was found hanging from a tree in the backyard. The police don't welcome Ellison, because he has accused police departments of not being very bright in his books. In his investigations, he has found minor details that were overlooked and that info helped sell his real crime stories. The writer finds a chest of old home movies in the attic; and when he starts watching them, he tries to solve the mystery behind the killings in his new home that also seem to be a link to other crimes. Each of those crimes involve missing children. The strange noises in the house and the fact his son is having stronger "night terrors", Ellison begins fearing for his family's life. Rounding out the cast: Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thomson, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D'Addrio and James Ransone. Some real tense and scary scenes. Disturbing and violent images makes SINISTER rated R.