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Sinister is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Scott Derrickson released in USA on 12 october 2012 with Ethan Hawke
Sinister (2012)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 october 2012
Length 1h50
Directed by Scott Derrickson
OriginUSA
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Films about children, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Rating68%
Sinister is a 2012 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. It stars Ethan Hawke as fictional true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt who discovers a box of home movies in his attic that puts his family in danger.
The film, a co-production between the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, premiered at the SXSW festival, and was released in the United States on October 12, 2012, and in the UK on October 5, 2012.
A sequel, Sinister 2, was released in the United States on August 21, 2015.
Synopsis
The film opens with Super 8 footage depicting a family of four standing beneath a tree with sacks over their heads and nooses around their necks. An unseen figure saws through a branch acting as a counterweight, causing their deaths by hanging.Actors
Ethan Hawke
(Ellison Oswalt)
Vincent D'Onofrio
(Professor Jonas)
Juliet Rylance
(Tracy Oswalt)
James Ransone
(Deputy)
Clare Foley
(Ashley Oswalt)
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