2025 October Horror Challenge #45 "Sinister"

The first time I saw this movie I had heard so many good things about it and of course it's a horror movie and it's got Ethan hawg so we know I was going to watch it. I heard that it was really scary and that it had scared a bunch of my friends and they all recommended that I watch it so I was excited to check it out for the horror challenge that year so I put the movie on and I watched it. And it was a really good movie I was very impressed with it I thought hey this is a good movie It's got a good plot it's got good acting It's got heart and soul to it I cared about the characters It was pretty devastating because it's a horror movie and it's mean to its characters but in clever ways so I was impressed with the movie. The only thing was, it didn't scare me. So I thought well this movie isn't scary but it's a good movie and I really like it so I'm going to buy it so I guess I'm happy with my viewing choices tonight. And then I turned off all the lights and I went to bed and I lay in bed and I looked around the dark room and I closed my eyes and I heard footsteps running in the hallway and I opened my eyes and I looked and my cat was lying down in the bed next to me so the footsteps weren't hersed and I was like fuck this. I got up I turned on all the lights and I watched another movie because no way was I going to sleep with the evil demon from this movie running around in my hallway. So as you can see the movie did end up scaring me more than I thought it was going to It has a slow burn kind of scare to it where you don't notice until later it's like an aftertaste. You don't really notice it right away but it slowly creeps up on you and then you're scared and you're like damn this movie is scary. So I'm excited to check this movie out again today I enjoy watching Ethan hawke in movies He's one of my favorite actors as I think you can tell by reading my reviews on this website how often I mention him cuz I try to watch every horror movie that he's in and he's in some really good ones and I honestly think everyone does a great job acting even small bit players like the sheriff and the youngest daughter in this movie does a great job with her role so the movie is well worth checking out It's got a sinister haha a sinister Aura about it that just kind of seeps in like a stain like a drop of water landing on cloth is slowly seeps in and spreads out and infects everything around it and I appreciate a movie that can give me that feeling because I think evil is a very all encompassing force that taints everything around it and I think sometimes it creeps up upon you slowly and you don't notice it until it's taken over and That's what this movie illustrates. I like that this movie features an evil that you can't really escape, because the house isn't haunted the family is haunted So even if you leave the house because in horror movies you're always wondering why the family doesn't just leave the haunted evil house and get away from all of the demonic activity but in this movie even if you leave it follows you so I appreciate that perspective and I think the movie is well worth checking out so give it a shot.