Sinister? Well, up to a certain point

Rating: 5/10 (27 November 2012)

There are some sinister snuff movies to be seen in this movie, and Ethan Hawke responds to them as if they are the most horrific things he has ever seen. It reminded me of Nicholas Cage in 8MM, which is not a good thing at all. There is a sinister musical score, but that does not a truly scary horror film make. In fact, Sinister relies to heavily on a strange soundtrack to cause discomfort among viewers. The story isn't particularly interesting, and, despite Hawke's OK performance, the characters aren't very convincing and to me it was pretty clear from the beginning where this was going to end. The make-up of the 'ghosts' is not exactly Tom Savini, either, so that in the end this is rather dull stuff.