SXSW horror hit has Ethan Hawke scrambling to save his doomed family

Jun 15, 2012 19:31 GMT  ·  By

Horror movies come a dime a dozen these days but, every once in a while, one comes out that really makes an impression. Hopes are high that “Sinister” will be it for the year 2012.

Check out the first trailer above.

Starring Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Juliet Rylance, Clare Foley, and Michael Hall D'Addario, the film tells the story of a writer who moves with his family to a new house because they can “no longer afford the old place.”

The writer discovers a box of homemade films in the attic, decade-old reels that seem to point him in the director of a demonic spirit that preys on little children.

All hell breaks loose afterwards.

“Sinister” is out on October 5th, 2012.