#SeeSinister: Local Writer's Horror Film Gets a Trailer

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Summit Entertainment began the marketing push last night for Austin screenwriter C. Robert Cargill's film Sinister, which will be released this October. Fangoria had the scoop on the trailer, which went live at midnight EST, and is now available at the movie's official site.

Sinister stars Ethan Hawke as a true crime novelist who decides to move to a house with a grisly past as an inspiration to help recapture his writing success. The movie previewed in Austin as a secret screening during SXSW earlier this year.

Along with the release of the trailer, Summit moderated a live Q&A via Twitter, passing on questions from fans to Cargill (@Massawyrm), co-writer and director Scott Derrickson (@scottderrickson), star Ethan Hawke (@EHawkeOfficial), and producer Jason Blum (@blumhouse). You can reread the chat using the #SeeSinister hashtag on Twitter.

Though I recommend going into the movie cold, as I was able to do at SXSW, the trailer (should you want to see it) is embedded after the jump. Prepare yourself for the most disturbing trailer for the scariest movie all year.

Slackerwood's previous coverage of Sinister:

Here's the trailer itself:

I really wasn't expecting

I really wasn't expecting much before I watched this trailer. But, I must say, I'm impressed & would like to see the film when it comes out.

Scariest film of the last decade

I only made it through the first 40 seconds of the trailer because I'm still too affected by this film. By far the scariest and most sinister I've seen, and I'd like to sleep tonight without jumping at every sound.