A writer behind a multiple murder finds footage that helps him in his endeavor.

Rating: 3/10 (24 March 2013)

It's called Sinister. That's a very generic title for a movie that doesn't have personality or anything new to say. Here a burnt out writer moves to a house to write the story of a multiple murder. Magically, the first night he "finds footage" that will help him in his endeavor. How convenient!
Most critics praise this film, and, frankly, I don't understand why. It did not scare me and everything was pretty predictable and sometimes even meaningless. How many horror films are set up when a good old family moves into a house and then we here the line "This house has secrets". Secrets are revealed in designed dosages using "found footage" as a devise to push the story forward, but this idea does not create the same "suspension of disbelief" of other films of the sort, because, basically, you see known actors there, so our brain won't let us believe.
It was directed with very formulaic solutions, and with no creativity at all. Just consider the numerous takes of Ethan loading the projector and watching the home movies... Even Paranormal Activities, with its minimalistic tricks caused more scares per minute than this.