Sinister (2012)

Washed-up true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super 8 home movies that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s.
Scott Derrickson
Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, James Ransone
29 Mar 2012 (USA, UK)
3 wins & 13 nominations.tt1922777 , Drowning, Pennsylvania, Car Set On Fire, Murder, Bag Over Head, Massacre, Power Outage, Hanged Man, Attic, Tied To A Bed, No Opening Credits, Super-8, Child Killing Child, Ghost Child, Filmed Killing, Slitting The Throat Of A Child, Hanged Boy, Death Of Protagonist, Crime Novelist, Hanged Girl, Falling Through The Floor, Duct Tape Over Mouth, Hung From Tree