Pet Sematary

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

Cast

Dale Midkiff

as Louis Creed

Fred Gwynne

as Jud Crandall

Denise Crosby

as Rachel Creed

Brad Greenquist

as Victor Pascow

Michael Lombard

as Irwin Goldman

Miko Hughes

as Gage Creed

Blaze Berdahl

as Ellie Creed

Susan Blommaert

as Missy Dandridge

Mara Clark

as Marcy Charlton

Kavi Raz

as Steve Masterton

Reviews

John Chard

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 w...

Gimly

Even if it wasn't any good, Pet Sematary's sort of a must watch given how heavily it's been referenced in the film and television industries since. But it is good, so there's that too. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._...

CinemaSerf

The "Creed" family relocate to a rural town in Maine where the father - "Louis" (Dale Midkiff) is to be a local doctor. They don't get off to a great start after the beloved cat of daughter "Ellie" (Blaze Berdahl) gets squashed by a passing vehicle and so it is ceremoniously buried in an ancient gra...

CertifiedHuman

A completely botched adaptation. It's completely lifeless and truncated and seems like it's just missing tons of important scenes of lore and character development (which is all included in the book of course). It's odd, the film cuts Judd's wife from the book, but includes a much less consequential...

kevin2019

"Pet Sematary" boasts a very routine quality on every level and most of the time it seems as though everything connected with this film is strictly on autopilot. It is no wonder the films based upon Stephen King's fiction don't fare particularly well. It isn't because they are bad - well, at least i...

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