Underrated. For the true movie-lovers out there.

Rating: 9/10 (13 February 2013)

I would initially rate this movie 8 out of 10, but I feel that it is underrated here on IMDb.
What really bothers is me is that many of the reviews I read on here about Sinister tell you that it's full of stereotypical scares, and a very predictable story that is not very interesting or innovating.
This is completely wrong, from my point of view. No idea why people found these scares in here so stereotypical. I think the writers of those reviews want you to believe it's got scares like a scream-o movie. Honestly, this movie didn't really have to rely on how good the sudden scares were, that popped up after some tension was built up like in the stereotypical horror movie. To me this was really a Thriller-horror movie, not like any other horror movies claim to be thrillers when it's really just a normal movie but with blood and random scary moments. The whole movie on itself was a scare. I felt like there was a constant tension and the only relief would be when it became day, and Ellison wasn't in his room watching tapes. No other movie has done this to me before.
They accomplished that constant tension by doing what most people hate, not really making the movie progress. As more stuff happens you get lured deeper into the mystery and the darkness of the story. You don't feel like you watched a great movie because it doesn't end with a culprit who has been identified, it doesn't lead to a point where the story progresses. In the last 20 minutes or so, everything rounds up and you can make your own end to this movie. The professor giving hints, this being confirmed when Mr. Boogie flashes into the tape at the end.
It's kind of a Debbie Downer watching this movie, it ends. And nothing ends. The story doesn't end, it goes on. And you've been told a story that doesn't have the stereotypical bad guy that gets arrested. Which was my original expectation, for the deputy to show up. Stop the girl or something. But since some supernatural with weird symbols etc happens as well, I guess I shouldn't have expected that deputy to save the day. Also about this supernatural stuff it leaves you questioning it throughout the whole movie. Is it the killer, boogie, in the house or is it some supernatural ghost-personality doing stuff.
Scariness: 8 / 10 (would give 7, but the constant tension really did catch me and I liked how I never really had this before) Storyline: 8,5 / 10 (I like the dark theme, having the viewer to question things himself) Acting: 8,5 / 10 (No remarks, good acting)
This sums up to a total score of roughly 8,5/10 but I feel like giving a score between 8 and 9 for a movie is very high, so I would go for 8 maximum. Even though this movie was one of the best I had seen in a while. I then went for the 9 / 10 because it's underrated on here (6,7/10 if I remember correctly).
Hope this was helpful, critics won't enjoy this movie as much. Movie- lovers will.