Sinister (2012)

I'm a horror movie fan and this movie was scaaaary! and really good too. Recommend it for sure. Actually, I saw the second one and it isn't worth it. Just watch this one

This film is a watered down version of the hand held camera genre. In instances where they didn't use home video footage, they filmed the scene bad enough to make it feel like found footage. The movie opens showing us a family being hung in their back yard. True crime author Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) moves into the same house with the intention of investigating the gruesome killing and writing about it. The locals are not warm to the idea, but we don't see any incidences due to budget constraints. Ellison doesn't inform his family they are in the same house that the killings took place.In the attic, Ellison discovers a horde of super 8 movies (some that have their own sound track, or so it seems) of the killing he is investigating as well as other killings that date back to the 1960's. He asks the questions, "Who is filming this?" and "Why?" and "Where is Stephanie?" She was the daughter of the family that was hung. They never found her.Ellison begins to investigate the other cases as weird things start to happen in the home. As usual it starts out slow and escalates.I liked the concept of the film more than its amateurish execution. Ellison drinks rather heavily which makes for an alternate explanation of his "hallucinations." The film would have been better if it had lead us in that direction, rather than just discuss it. Those who enjoy the "Paranormal" type movies should find a friend in this film. I loved the film in the beginning, but then it slowly wanes. Thumb rule: When you think demons are in your house, turn on the lights.Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex. or nudity. Snuff films. . Should scare the kids during a sleepover at Trent Raznor's house.

This movie was mentioned in a list of recommended scary movies. I guess this movie is quite scary, and also quite sinister, and while I would commend its little use of jump-scares, I would say it makes an even greater sin: trying to make things scary by loud sound effects and music. While those are themselves conceptually and technically commendable, I find it an equally annoying and silly tactic. Speaking of silly, the film's "boogeyman" looks just like some "evil" metal band member in face-paint. Which I find ridiculous. At least one sees him rarely and there are some other alteration-effects to his look.The plot contains some baffling elements, and the protagonist unfortunately, while at first seeming relatively intelligent, turns out to be quite a douche, in a gratuitous way. A scene where we see him in an old TV-interview (he's a True Crime writer) is almost like a parody-sketch of an interview. The plot is generally unexplained and things "just happen" from a day-to-day-basis, which makes the plot feel somewhat unconnected. Maybe to some extent this is deliberate, however the premise and other things could still require more explanation. E.g. of how the writer is in possession of all his research material, which no-one else seems to have seen (although he is not a very secretive person either), and he himself seems kind of slow and indulgent in getting through. Assuming to be able to solve a crime by just watching all the ritualistic murder videos seems also fairly contrived.A minor but consistent element of bafflement, and attempt to make things more scary, was that the protagonist, who almost always works at night, always leaves the lights out when he wanders around the house following some strange sounds, presumably to be more thoroughly surprised when he finds something or someone (it is otherwise pointless).

Today you do not see a lot of murder tapes but these ones were the best.Pool part 66 was the most disturbing a family being tied to lawn chairs and puled underwater by an unseen figure drowning them , BBQ 79 had calm music and Lawn Work 86 was my favorite overall it had great music and had a jump scare.This movie is a very gripping , dark and suspenseful movie and the other 2 tapes were Sleepy Time 98 which had a family and dog and the unseen figure did not kill the dog but killed the family and Family Hanging out 2011 was a classic murder tape.