Pet Sematary (1989)

Directed by

Mary Lambert

Genre

horror film, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 2,402 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family moves to a rural home near a strange pet cemetery. They discover the burial ground can bring dead animals back to life. The father uses it after a devastating loss with horrific consequences.

creepyslow-burnmoodygloomyunsettlingtragictensemacabre

What happens

Pet Sematary is a 1989 American supernatural horror film and the first adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name. Directed by Mary Lambert, with King writing the screenplay, it stars Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne and Miko Hughes as Gage Creed. The title is a child's misspelling of "pet cemetery". The film was released on April 21, 1989, and grossed $57.5 million at the box office on a budget of $11.5 million. A sequel, Pet Sematary Two, was released in 1992 and a second film adaptation was released in 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Pet Sematary (2019)
• Pet Sematary Two (1992)
• Purani Haveli (1989)
• The Forgotten One (1989)
• House of Lost Souls (1989)
• Dark Heritage (1989)
• Fields of the Dead (2014)
• Playroom (1989)