I jumped at least 5 times and I don't scare easy.

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2013)

Let's face it, these days horror films have a tendency to neither be 2 things, scary or good. This movie is quite effective with some truly eerie visuals and plot points that keeps the movie interesting. Usually in these types of movies a family will move into a "haunted house" where a spirit or two lurks, but this movie is so layered with details and thrills that is keeps us viewers glued to the television set for nearly 2 hours.
Ethan Hawke, being the good actor that he is, does a good job here, just as Kevin Bacon did in Stir of Echoes. As he plunges deeper and deeper into the dark history of what he has found in his attic, he starts questioning more and more whether unveiling facts for his new book is even worth putting his family at risk.
Sinister is a quite good thriller which had all the elements to keep me interested for nearly 2 hours, not to mention make me jump and squirm a few times, which is no easy task.
***/****