Over the last week I (Mark Brewer) have watched a lot of horror movies and have been bringing some of them to you. It seems the Mark Brewer Mansion has become a hub of horror movie screenings. I am generally accompanied by my friends Mr. Oak and Mr. Phoenix for these movie watching sessions. Mr. Oak is not a big fan of horror movies, but has to comply. Yesterday I watched another of Scott Derrickson’s grueling horror movies, Sinister. Again a suspense and horror packed movie that has Ethan Hawke in the main role of Ellison.
The movie starts with a shock when we are shown a scene depicting three individuals in a row being hung from a tree. The next scene takes us to Ellison and his family moving to a new house. We learn that Ellison is a crime writer and his last successful release was about a decade back. For now, Ellison is frustrated at his repeated failures and wants to come up with something that will appeal to his readers. He has come to the city to write about the murder of a family who were hung from their tree in the backyard. Soon we understand that Ellison has in fact moved into the same house where the incident occurred.
While clearing the house, Ellison finds a box of Super 8 Home Movies. Ellison sets up his office and goes about taking notes of the case. Soon he turns his attention to the Super 8 Home Movies and they are named separately too. He watches the first movie and realizes that it was taped while the poor family was being hung from their tree and their little daughter went missing. Ellison becomes addicted to his whiskey bottle and spends days watching other tapes and taking notes. But, his son starts acting weirdly and his night terror condition starts to deteriorate. Ellison gets many supernatural links to the murders.
The movie has its share of chilling moments. Derrickson has timed his shocks perfectly and they do frighten us. Ethan Hawke has given a new life into the multi-shaded character of Ellison. I (Mark Brewer) feel Sinister is another movie that you need to watch in the Halloween’s week.
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