Rating of
1/4
A loosely written clumsy horror film
sreekirch - wrote on 03/21/13
Derrickson does the treatment a mishap. I was never hooked for the film. Just took a try. Literally the cumbersome plot does not make sense. The boogie man is neither haunting nor threatening. Sinister is a wooden spoon according to me. Ethan Hawke is not appealing. He can do really better than this. Derrickson takes the film to the trash.
An aspiring writer along with his family goes for a change from his house. He finds some rare tapes recorded in super 8. The film loses track as it progresses. Then, when things get tight, film lacks focus and gets to the junk yard. The climax is somewhat surprising, and does have a mixed feeling to me. Sinister works only for the video footages of super 8 camera. It has weakness all over. The drama gets boring. The lengthy conversations saturate the viewers. The clumsy writing and non sense plot does the trash job. The video looks old and poorly made. The sound looks odd and not go to the memory type. Over all sinister is a sin to watch. It is hardly moving. A break to the boiling point. Frustation all around.
