Sinister vs Insidious

I didn't hate either film but I didn't like them either.

But in the contest, I think Sinister wins.

Sinister set up its protagonist and his family better character wise. The tapes were a nice creepy touch. The one thing I hated about Sinister was that it was awfully lit. I swear I couldn't see what was going on in the film most times, and the absolute refusal to turn on any lamp was hilarious.

I did like the demon in Insidious. But I think they didn't use him enough and used him in the wrong way. Plus adding another demon to the mix at the last half was completely redundant. The part where the father enters the demon world was a very large dropped ball. They could have gone totally freaky with it but didn't.

Scarier and better, Insidious.
Sinister, i didn't even recall it a few days after watching it.

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I enjoyed them both. Sinister gets the edge though for me. The 8mm movies and the music that was in the movie made the film creepy to me.

both were *beep* af, i'm a huge baby and those movies didn't scare me at all (though lately i found out that i'm not scared by supernatural/ghost/demon/etc movies)

Sinister wasn't scary to me at all - it was kinda boring tbh, I thought 'Insidious' was more creative and fun

*beep* knows, they are both forgettable, Insidious was on TV about 20 minutes ago and I already can't remember half of what happened.

Why not try watching a real film with proper production, story writing and character development? I couldn't tell you one scene from Sinister, but everyone remembers the infamous head twist scene from The Exorcist - and I don't really rate it that high. Point is a well written horror film plays on your mind for years, the stuff, like this, that comes out these days is forgettable within 10 minutes.

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Biomech

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