SINISTER 2 Haunting Its Way Into Theaters On August 21, 2015.

It was announced today that Focus Features will release Blumhouse and eOne’s SINISTER 2, the sequel to the micro-budget horror-hit, wide on August 21, 2015.

Ciaran Foy will direct the sequel which Scott Derrickson, the director of the first SINISTER, is writing with C. Robert Cargill.

Derrickson and Cargill also wrote the original film. SINISTER took in $18.2 million on opening weekend in October 2012, with an eventual gross of $48 million – all on a $3 million budget.

The film starred Ethan Hawke and Juliet Rylance. Read Travis Keune’s review HERE.

eOne is financing the film which Jason Blum is producing via his Blumhouse Productions banner along with Derrickson. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Charles Layton, and eOne’s Xavier Marchand and Patrice Theroux are executive producing.