Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
C'mon, Ethan Hawke, you're better than this. Isn't there a "Before Sunset" sequel that needs your attention?
– Sara Stewart,
New York Post,
12 Oct 2012
rotten:
Despite some effective bumps and frights, and at least one memorable jolt from a full-throated D'Addario, "Sinister" is mainly just a series of snuff-reels with sick-joke titles ...
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
12 Oct 2012
rotten:
A mixed bag of old-school and contemporary horror tricks that occasionally raises a hair prickle of intrigue.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
12 Oct 2012
fresh:
It comes together with a gruesome though excellent ending that some will find difficult to shake.
– Kevin C. Johnson,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
12 Oct 2012
rotten:
More stupid than scary, Sinister can't even figure out who its real demon is.