I’m not really that into scary films. Mainly because I’m
atheist so I don’t find a lot of contemporary horror films scary, because
they’re all about the devil and all that “stuff”. But I’ve recently been
politely re-introduced to shitting my pants. The only film that genuinely
scared me before was John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
The film
I’m talking about here is Sinister (Scott Derrickson, 2012). I went to watch this
in the cinema with a big group of guys, so you can imagine the kind of grief I
got for acting like a little girl in the cinema. But put my shattered
masculinity to one side for a second and hear me out. The thing that really got
me scared was the soundtrack. Its creepy as fuck. Have a listen:
Aren't you glad you listened to that? No? Me either.
Just
listen to the soundtrack when you’re on your own at night at some point. I
guarantee you’ll get freaked the fuck out. There are some genuine scares and
decent plot twists in the film, and Ethan Hawke has a pretty good "Oh shit, I'm fucked" kind of role, and pulls it off well,
and once you’ve got the image of “Mr. Boogie” in your head, you’re scarred for
life.
I bet he's a nice guy once you get to know him.
Y'know, after he's slaughtered your entire family and stolen your children.
