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Pet Sematary (1989)

R04/21/1989Horror, Drama1h 42m
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Sometimes, dead is better.

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Dale Midkiff

    Louis Creed

  2. Cast 1

    Fred Gwynne

    Jud Crandall

  3. Cast 1

    Denise Crosby

    Rachel Creed

  4. Cast 1

    Brad Greenquist

    Victor Pascow

  5. Cast 1

    Michael Lombard

    Irwin Goldman

  6. Cast 1

    Miko Hughes

    Gage Creed

  7. Cast 1

    Blaze Berdahl

    Ellie Creed

  8. Cast 1

    Susan Blommaert

    Missy Dandridge

  9. Cast 1

    Mara Clark

    Marcy Charlton

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...