Pet Sematary main backdrop
Pet Sematary main poster

Pet Sematary

Visit website

6.6/10 • 2.2K

1989-04-211h 42m

HorrorDramaFantasyThriller

Sometimes, dead is better.

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

Directors
Mary Lambert
Editors
Daniel P. Hanley

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Dale Midkiff

    Dale Midkiff

    Louis Creed

  2. Fred Gwynne

    Fred Gwynne

    Jud Crandall

  3. Denise Crosby

    Denise Crosby

    Rachel Creed

  4. Brad Greenquist

    Brad Greenquist

    Victor Pascow

  5. Michael Lombard

    Michael Lombard

    Irwin Goldman

  6. Miko Hughes

    Miko Hughes

    Gage Creed

  7. Blaze Berdahl

    Blaze Berdahl

    Ellie Creed

  8. Susan Blommaert

    Susan Blommaert

    Missy Dandridge

  9. Mara Clark

    Mara Clark

    Marcy Charlton

Reviews5

View Reviews
John Chard Avatar

John Chard

Dec 29, 2014

6.5/10

And the night when the cold wind blows, No one cares, nobody knows. The Stephen King novel from which the screenplay was adapted very nearly didn’t see the light of day. It was actually written by King based on a real place and instances during a stay at a rented house. He was never quite happy with the tone of the book and only submitted it as a contractual obligation. Glad he did because it provides a very solid grounding for horror and deals with the very real horrors of overwhelming grief. The film gets the tonal flows right, the family dynamic is neatly pitched in readiness for what is to come later, the house and the titular Pet Sematary of the title are eerie personified, and Fred Gwynne is on hand for a sage old characterisation. The potential for shattering horror is not fully realised, yet the makers deliver a good quota of scares and unease to make this a better than average King adaptation to screen. The use of the Ramones in the soundtrack is a good one, King loved them, they loved him, so much so they wrote the title track and named an album after it. 6.5/10

Media

  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster
  • Pet Sematary poster

Recommendations

  • Pet Sematary II main backdrop

    Pet Sematary II

    5.4

  • Dead Calm main backdrop

    Dead Calm

    6.6

  • Machete main backdrop

    Machete

    6.3

  • Pet Sematary main backdrop

    Pet Sematary

    5.7

  • Little Monsters main backdrop

    Little Monsters

    5.9

  • The Horror Show main backdrop

    The Horror Show

    5.4

  • The Grifters main backdrop

    The Grifters

    6.5

  • Suspect main backdrop

    Suspect

    6.6

  • Godsend main backdrop

    Godsend

    4.9

  • Demon Wind main backdrop

    Demon Wind

    4.9

  • You've Got Murder main backdrop

    You've Got Murder

    6.3

  • Crazy People main backdrop

    Crazy People

    5.8

  • Frozen River main backdrop

    Frozen River

    6.6

  • Dream a Little Dream main backdrop

    Dream a Little Dream

    5.8

  • Graveyard Shift main backdrop

    Graveyard Shift

    5.3

  • The Collector main backdrop

    The Collector

    7.3

  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version main backdrop

    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version

    7.2

  • The Diabolical main backdrop

    The Diabolical

    5.0

  • Teen's Confessions main backdrop

    Teen's Confessions

    6.4

  • The Town That Dreaded Sundown main backdrop

    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    5.8

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$11,500,000.00
Revenue
$57,500,000.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookfuneralparent child relationshipcoffinpetvillainhead injuryresurrectionwoodsgriefzombienew neighborpet cemeterydead catdeath of patientloss of petdead loverghostgrave robbingindian burial groundwoman directormysteriouspetssomberanxioussupernatural horrorhorrifiedominous