Sinister Page #6

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
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8,111 Views


Bughuuls possession and, or abduction

- What if you destroyed them?

- Sorry. I don't follow

If you destroyed the images with a fire.

What would happen then?

What, do you mean literally

or in the stories?

In the stories if an

image was destroyed,

then the gateway would be closed

and Bughuul would no longer

have access to this world, right?

Mr Oswalt. What kind of book

are you writing exactly?

I don't know. I'm not even sure

I have a book any more.

- But thank you for your time.

- Anytime.

All right.

- You know what time it is?

- I know. I'm sorry.

But I've been trying

to call you all day.

- What's the problem?

- OK. The problem is that you moved

How is that a problem?

I was compiling all of the data

that you had me collecting

and once I started putting it together

into a nice readable package,

I saw the connection, it was obvious.

- What was it?

- The dates, the addresses.

Each family that you had me look up

had previously lived in the house where

one of the earlier murders took place.

Each family? All five of them?

Yes, and when you put them

in chronological order,

you can actually draw a line

from murder to murder to murder

OK, we knew

that the Stevensons previously lived

in the same St Louis house where

the Millers had their throats cut.

Before the Millers family was killed.

The Millers lived in the same house

in Orange County

where the De Luzio

lawn massacre occurred.

Guess where the De Luzios lived

before they moved to Orange County?

Sacramento where the Martinez family

was burned in their garage?

Exactly. The pattern goes back

to the 1966 Oregon drownings.

Listen. Mr Oswalt, you just moved out

of the last house in fine

if this guy is still out there.

You not only just sped up his timeline,

you put yourself in it.

Thanks, Deputy.

Stephanie.

It's the missing kids.

I like that you made the movies longer.

They're better this way.

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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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