Sinister

Last night I kicked off Halloween with the film Sinister. I had high expectations for this one. Right now it is the highest rated 2012 horror movie according to rotten tomatoes (61%), and it's director has an impressive resume (Paranormal Activity, Insidious). My cousin Lizzy is my go to source when it comes to horror movies. The majority of these movies I've seen have been her. It was one of our favorite things to do as kids when she would visit. She told me that Sinister was scary, which is saying something considering she has watched almost every horror movie made. After watching it for myself last night, I can now say for myself that Sinister indeed scary. Not as much as I was expecting, but I still enjoyed the heck out of this movie.

Trying not to spoil anything, I will say some of my favorite parts. Starting with the main character, I loved Ethan Hawke's performance. What I didn't like was his character. It was hard to feel bad for someone who was as selfish as he was, and showed such little logic. I guess that's pretty much how a lot horror films are. I still thought Hawke did a great job. I think one of the most well done parts of the movie was it's music and sound. It was never overbearing or repetitive, and just freaky awesome! I would give the sound a 10/10. A big chunk of this film is spent with the main character Ellison watching these creepy super 8 films. You may have seen some of them in the trailers for this movie. All I want to say about them is that they are gloriously disturbing. That's just my opinion, I'm kind of weird. Finally, this movie has creepy little girls. If I had to pick one thing that scares me the most, little murdering demon girls would definitely be towards the top.

Sinister is by no means a perfect horror film. It isn't the one scariest, it isn't breaking any new ground, but it was extremely enjoyable nonetheless. I can confidently recommend it to any horror movie fan looking for a scare this Halloween.