A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
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5.3/10
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- Scott Derrickson(based on characters created by)
- C. Robert Cargill(based on characters created by)
- Stars
- Scott Derrickson(based on characters created by)
- C. Robert Cargill(based on characters created by)
- Stars
Robert Daniel Sloan
- Dylan Collins
- (as Robert Sloan)
Nicholas King
- Bughuul
- (as Nick King)
Michael B. Woods
- The Creeper
- (as Michael Woods)
John Francis Mountain
- Christmas Father
- (as John Mountain)
- Scott Derrickson(based on characters created by)
- C. Robert Cargill(based on characters created by)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThe rural farmhouse and cornfield setting was chosen because Sinister 2 is an homage to Stephen King's "Children of the Corn".
- Goofs(at around 1h 22 mins) After leaving his car in the cornfield, the family runs into the house. Outside the burning house the car appears in the driveway.
- Quotes
Ex-Deputy So & So: That voice on the radio. What does it mean?
Dr. Stomberg: It's Norwegian. She says, 'Quiet. Bughuul can't hear me over your yelling, Mom.'
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, you can hear static immediately followed by a short tune of a child playing a piano. Similar to the piece heard on the Ham Radio during the movie.
- ConnectionsFeatured in FoundFlix: Sinister 2 (2015) (2019)
- SoundtracksSilence Teaches You How to Sing
Written by Kristoffer Rygg, Jørn H. Sværen and Tore Ylwizaker
Performed by Ulver
Courtesy of Jester Records
Review
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Still sinister but totally unmemorable
While Sinister 2 is still quite well
sinister, it certainly lacks any of the originality and constant vibe of fear that made its predecessor such a memorable and competent horror film that found both success at the box office and on home release.
Directed by soon to be Dr. Strange deliverer Scott Derrickson, Sinister was a competently made horror that featured scarily good sound designs, an assured lead turn from Ethan Hawke and a somewhat unique premise that introduced us all to one of horror's most eerie creations of recent times in the form of the child hungry Bughuul.
Where the first film's use of home footage horrors and sudden appearances of Bughuul and his tribe were used to horrific effect, new director Ciarán Foy struggles to utilise the murderous footage to chilling affects here (even though a rat centric set piece is a dastardly delight) and an overuse of Bughuul undoes many of the films wannabe scares. It also doesn't help that an uninteresting story that's been co-created by Derrickson fails to engage like Ethan Hawke's struggling writer plot line of the first film.
Trying to keep things tied together by the return of James Ransone's one time sheriff's deputy So & So (seriously we never get to hear his name) and his quest to stop Bughuul's evil dominance, the plot that also includes Shannyn (yes I'm still acting) Sossamon's mother of two increasingly doomed boys just fails to fire and with a mere handful at best of genuine frightening or terrifying moments, Sinister 2 fails to recreate the ominous mood of the first film and where the first film culminated in a shocking finale, Sinister 2 try's but fails to shock us with a fiery and scythe laden crescendo.
The first Sinister offered up so much opportunity for a new franchise to take hold and while Bughuul still remains and interesting and scary creation, Sinister 2 seems to mark an early drop off in form that will likely see the Sinister franchise relegated to bargain bins before long, which is a sad proposition for a storyline that if done right, could be all types of horror filled greatness.
1 ½ late night basement movie screenings out of 5
Directed by soon to be Dr. Strange deliverer Scott Derrickson, Sinister was a competently made horror that featured scarily good sound designs, an assured lead turn from Ethan Hawke and a somewhat unique premise that introduced us all to one of horror's most eerie creations of recent times in the form of the child hungry Bughuul.
Where the first film's use of home footage horrors and sudden appearances of Bughuul and his tribe were used to horrific effect, new director Ciarán Foy struggles to utilise the murderous footage to chilling affects here (even though a rat centric set piece is a dastardly delight) and an overuse of Bughuul undoes many of the films wannabe scares. It also doesn't help that an uninteresting story that's been co-created by Derrickson fails to engage like Ethan Hawke's struggling writer plot line of the first film.
Trying to keep things tied together by the return of James Ransone's one time sheriff's deputy So & So (seriously we never get to hear his name) and his quest to stop Bughuul's evil dominance, the plot that also includes Shannyn (yes I'm still acting) Sossamon's mother of two increasingly doomed boys just fails to fire and with a mere handful at best of genuine frightening or terrifying moments, Sinister 2 fails to recreate the ominous mood of the first film and where the first film culminated in a shocking finale, Sinister 2 try's but fails to shock us with a fiery and scythe laden crescendo.
The first Sinister offered up so much opportunity for a new franchise to take hold and while Bughuul still remains and interesting and scary creation, Sinister 2 seems to mark an early drop off in form that will likely see the Sinister franchise relegated to bargain bins before long, which is a sad proposition for a storyline that if done right, could be all types of horror filled greatness.
1 ½ late night basement movie screenings out of 5
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- eddie_baggins
- May 18, 2016
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