Sinister Page #3

Synopsis: True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt moves himself and his family into a house where a horrific crime took place earlier, but his family doesn't know. He begins researching the crime so that he can write a new book about it to help his flailing career. He uses some "snuff" film footage he finds in the house to help him in his research, but he soon finds more than he bargained for. There is a figure in each of the films but who or what is it? As a result, his family start to suffer (as does he) and things take a turn for the worse. Will they survive?
Director(s): Scott Derrickson
Production: Lionsgate Films
  3 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
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Year:
2012
110 min
$48,100,000
Website
7,351 Views


Come on, open up.

Here we go. Come outside.

Hey, hey-Hey, hey, all right?

Hey, hey, hey, wake up.

Come on, come on, come on. wake up.

Wake up, wake up. wake up.

Trevor, wake up for me, all right?

Hey, hey, hey.

Look at the stars.

Trevor. Trevor, Trevor.

- Why are we outside?

- All right, bud. OK.

You were having a bad dream. OK?

One of those night terrors.

- Just go back to sleep.

- I thought these were over.

It's just the stress of the move.

I found him in one of the moving boxes.

Poor baby.

He'll be all right in a few hours.

Tracy. I...

What is it? What's the matter?

I wanna... I wanna tell you something.

OK.

I'm just really sorry.

It's not your fault.

Come on. It's cold. Let's go inside.

I was in a box?

- You were in a box.

- I don't remember any of that.

It's not the strangest place

we've ever found you.

Please don't talk about the dryer.

Are we talking about the time we found

Trevor trying to pee in the dryer?

- God, Mom, no.

- I'm sorry, honey.

I thought that's what

you were talking about.

Did Trevor try to pee

in the dryer again?

- Mom.

- No. Your brother had a night terror.

- Is that like a bad dream?

- Kind of.

I think I had one of those.

No, a night terror

is a special kind of bad dream.

We would have remembered if you had one.

Don't do that. You can sit right here.

So, Ashley, you excited

about your first day at the new school?

- What about you?

- I guess.

It's nice to see you're both so

enthusiastic about our adventure.

- Stop it.

- Hey, you two stop it. Stop it.

Be the bigger person.

Are you gonna take them?

Yeah, I've got some errands to run.

I figured I'd get the lay of the land

and let you get some work done.

- Eat up. You're running late.

- You heard your mother.

Grab some road breakfast and skedaddle.

- I left you a fresh pot of coffee.

- Thanks.

Have a nice morning

with your murder victims.

- Yes. dear.

- Come on.

- Trevor, where's your notebook?

- It should be in my backpack.

Can you see it in there?

F***.

That's it. OK.

"Super 8 film was first released in 1966

by Eastman Kodak."

OK.

Trevor. Don't walk away from me.

Ashley. close the door.

Trevor, what on earth were you thinking?

I'll tell you again.

I wasn't thinking.

That's your problem.

You don't think.

You wanna be treated like an adult

but you don't act like one.

You and Dad do lots of thinking.

If you did. we wouldn't be here.

You don't know what

you're talking about.

- I know more than you.

- Go to your room!

- I don't wanna see you until dinner.

- Fine.

- What happened?

- Mom's overreacting.

- Your son is acting out again.

- What did he do?

- You're automatically taking her side?

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Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American director, screenwriter and producer. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Derrickson is best known for directing numerous horror films, such as The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Sinister (2012), and Deliver Us From Evil (2014), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Doctor Strange (2016). more…

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