Back in July when we first reported on Scott Derrickson's new horror, details were sketchy. We knew Ethan Hawke was starring, but there were no plot details and no title forthcoming. Now though, Summit Entertainment are starting to fill in those gaps. The film is called Sinister, and with the first two stills comes some information about the storyline.
It's the old cynical-writer-meets-supernatural-mystery angle (think 1408, and plenty of others) with Hawke as a true-crime hack who moves into a house that was the site of an entire family's gruesome murder. He then finds a box of films of other murders stowed in his charming new crib, and finds his ongoing investigation leading into paranormal territory, and his own family in some serious danger.
Both pictures show Hawke frowning at evidence while sporting a very good cardigan. In the first, he peers at a crime sheet, and in the second, he's broken out the 8mm projector and is looking concerned about what he's watching. Well, that, or his 3D glasses are giving him a headache.
So maybe Sinister doesn't sound like anything particularly new, but it's always great to see Hawke, and there's further good news: the film also features Vincent D'Onofrio.
Director Derrickson cut his teeth on franchise sequels like Hellraiser: Inferno and Urban Legends: Final Cut, before branching out into The Exorcism Of Emily Rose andthe remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. He's attached to possible future new versions of Poltergeist and The Birds, but he's also written a draft of Atom Egoyan's upcoming **The Devil's Knot, based on the infamous case of the West Memphis Three.
Sinister is released in the UK on August 24.