Pet Semetary (1989 franchise)
Pet Sematary, AKA Pet Cemetery", 1989 film franchise consisting of:
- "Pet Semetary" (1983 short story by Stephen King
- Pet Semetary (1989 film)
- Pet Semetary Two (1992 film)
- (a remake/reboot film is said to be in development)
Summary
Doctor Louis Creed moves his family to Maine, where he meets a friendly local named Jud Crandall. After the Creeds' cat is accidentally killed, Crandall advises Louis to bury it in the shunned Ancient Indian Burial Ground beyond the "Deadfall" near the old pet cemetery. The cat returns to life, its personality changed for the worse. When Louis' son, Gage, dies tragically, Louis decides to bury the boy's body in the same ground despite the warnings of Crandall and Louis' visions of a deceased patient.
Details
- Release Date: 1989
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror
- Starring: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne (original film)
- Director: Mary Lambert (and other writers for sequels)
- Writer: Stephen King (original story), (and other writers for sequels)
- Producer/Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Laurel Productions
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Adult Content)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
Another example of Stephen King's take on "the Mythos", the short story and first film were cut from a similar cloth to "Herbert West: Reanimator (fiction)". The bizarre "Indian Burial Ground" beyond the earthly boundary of the Deadfall is implicitly Lovecraftian, with suitably unsettling "came back wrong" results from burying someone in the unholy ground; Lovecraftian elements are a little more obvious in the short story, where the main character briefly encounters an unearthly giant spirit beyond the Deadfall, and more background information is revealed.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
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Synopsis
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Doctor Louis Creed moves his family to Maine, where he meets a friendly local named Jud Crandall. After the Creeds' cat is accidentally killed, Crandall advises Louis to bury it in the shunned Ancient Indian Burial Ground beyond the "Deadfall" near the old pet cemetery. The cat returns to life, its personality changed for the worse. When Louis' son, Gage, dies tragically, Louis decides to bury the boy's body in the same ground despite the warnings of Crandall and Louis' visions of a deceased patient.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- fiction: Stephen King, "Pet Semetary"
- Race: Deadites
- Artefact: Ancient Indian Burial Ground beyond the Deadfall
- Deity: Ithaqua (appears briefly in the short story during the walk to the burial ground at night)
