Vegas (725 KP) rated Sinister (2012) in Movies
Mar 1, 2020
Ellison, played by Ethan Hawke, is a true crime writer looking to write the next big hit book and moves his family into a house where a murder took place... and that is about all I'm going to say about the story.
It takes a lot to creep me out, and give me the jitters but this one did, genuinely on the edge of my seat not knowing when the next time I would be shocked, holding my breath awaiting the next moment...
The story might be standard horror movie fare, but the frights are paced perfectly to give you the high points at the right times...
If you are disappointed with normal horror films lack of horror, give this one a try.
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Jan 11, 2021
Admittedly I only downloaded/read this because of an A-Z challenge in one of my groups. It's not something I would have picked up of my own doing (that sounds horrible, I know, but it's true.)
I never gelled with the story; the way it was written was too strange for my taste and it didn't seem to have an ease to it. It just didn't pull me in like most other YA books do.
The storyline (what bit I read) was just a little odd: a new guy arrives at school and two of your friends like him like him and you instinctively know he's a little dodgy because he can't stop staring and within days he's been invited out with you and your fiends to the cinema where it all goes downhill. I stopped reading a little after this point.
I just couldn't connect with the story, the characters or the writing style.
Totally not for me, I'm afraid.