In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to pour ourselves some whiskey, turn on the projector and talk about what is now called the scariest movie of all time, the 2012 film “Sinister”…
A nightmare after watching ‘The Ring’ inspired writer Christopher Robert Cargill to pen his own screenplay following visions in his head that he once found a film in his attic that contained disturbing footage of an entirely family being hanged.
Eventually he teamed up with writer and director Scott Derrickson to flesh out the idea of a demonic creature, who lured children into his wicked web and an evil being later known as Mr. Boogie was finally born. Cargill and Derrickson finished a script that centered around a true crime writer named Ellison Oswalt, who finds a box of Super 8 films stashed in the attic of his new home that brings him closer to a set of gruesome murders than he could ever possibly imagine.
The film became a breakout hit for a new studio called Blumhouse that was dedicated to featuring new voices in horror.
A scientific study was then conducted in 2020 that sought to find the scariest movie in history with viewers hooked up to heart rate monitors to find out what truly terrified them and this film was No. 1.
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to pour ourselves some whiskey, turn on the projector and talk about what is now called the scariest movie of all time, the 2012 film “Sinister”…
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