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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Director -
Scott Derrickson -
Producer -
Jason Blum , Brian Kavanaugh-Jones -
Screenwriter -
Scott Derrickson , C. Robert Cargill -
Distributor -
Summit Entertainment -
Production Co -
Automatik , Summit Entertainment , Alliance , Blumhouse , IM Global -
Rating -
R (Some Terror|Disturbing Violent Images) -
Genre -
Horror , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 12, 2012, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 21, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$48.1M -
Runtime -
1h 49m