Movie · Horror

True crime novelist Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is so desperate to repeat the success of his first book that he moves his family into a home that served as the setting of a brutal murder. But instead of inspiration, Ellison finds a box of mysterious home movies in the attic that seem to point to unspeakable terrors – ones that could threaten his entire family.

2012 · 1h 49m

Trailers

Related

Cast & Crew

Bundles

About

Sinister

Horror

True crime novelist Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is so desperate to repeat the success of his first book that he moves his family into a home that served as the setting of a brutal murder. But instead of inspiration, Ellison finds a box of mysterious home movies in the attic that seem to point to unspeakable terrors – ones that could threaten his entire family.

COMMON SENSE

Scary, intense horror film involves kids and murder.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.3
Reviews 155
Fresh 99
Rotten 56

Information

Studio
Lionsgate
Released
2012
Run Time
1 hr 49 min
Rated
R
Regions of Origin
United States, Canada
© 2012 Alliance Films (UK) Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.