Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote with C. Robert Cargill. It stars Ethan Hawke as a struggling true-crime writer whose discovery of snuff films …

Oct 12, 2012 · A true crime writer picks the wrong murder mystery for his next book in "Sinister," a horror movie that balances the contemporary horror movie formula with mystery thriller elements and a …

Its plot hinges on typically implausible horror-movie behavior and recycles countless genre cliches, but Sinister delivers a surprising number of fresh, diabolical twists.

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May 14, 2025 · In 2012, director Scott Derrickson and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill came together and made " Sinister," a landmark horror film that would go on to define a decade brimming with some of …