“Pet Sematary” is a great idea with flawed execution. Most
of Stephen King’s earlier novels kept the storyline simple with one thing
leading to the next with a natural progression and unfortunately that is not
the case with this book/movie. One of the first events in the movie is when a
student is hit by a truck and utters a chilling warning before he dies. And
then the following night his ghost comes and reveals a major plot point to the
movie’s main character. I love when a movie or book has foreshadowing but these
scenes are so obvious and leaves the audience asking why is this happening when
there is no reason for it to occur. The actions of Mr. Crandall are also just
as odd considering that he knows the nature of the pet cemetery. If you watch
the movie just for the scares, there are some decent moments in the third act
of the film.
The Creed family relocates to a small Maine town where Louis
works as a doctor at the University of Maine. Their neighbor, Mr. Crandall,
becomes like a father figure to Louis and spends a lot of time with the young
family. One day Mr. Crandall shows the Creed family the local pet cemetery that
is in the woods behind their house. Then, completely unprovoked, the ghost of
Victor Pascow warns Louis not to go beyond the cemetery. Afterwards, the family
cat is killed and Mr. Crandall takes Louis beyond the cemetery (because whoever
listens to a ghost) to bury the cat. Soon the cat is resurrected and this just
causes a domino effect of bad ideas and terrible consequences.
Favorite moment – I love that Mr. Crandall is played by Fred
Gwynne, who is best known as Herman Munster in the campy tv series “The
Munsters”.
The most intense moment in the film...
Little kids can be so creepy!
The "real" cemetery
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