Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301427074
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301427076
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: 1996-09-17
Running Time: 103
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1989-04-21

Customer Rating:
Summary: Coulda been better
Comment: I've always gone back and forth on this movie. As I am sure it's a fantastic book and story, the bad acting doesn't live up to those same expectations. Suprisingly bad performance by Jessica Lange. The only real suprises are a great performance by Fred Gwynne and the little boy, who turned out to be a star in his later years. I do admire Mary Lambert, but maybe she's better off sticking with music videos rather than movies.

My answer is a remake of the original with a different cast.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: All time favorite...
Comment: This is a great movie version of a scary-as-all-get-out Stephen King novel. No horror fan's collection should lack this movie.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Need to clear things up for some people...
Comment: Okay after reading a few reviews I felt the need to put some information in here so maybe some people can understand some things they didn't in the movie. Since it's based upon the book (which I have read) it is for the most part true to the book, but there is some things I have noticed that are not cleared up and some people are confused on, yes it really doesn't have much to do with the Pet Sematary, but this whole story was written based upon King's own experience, in the introduction of my book he tells about how this story came to be. He had moved to Maine to work at the university, and they lived along side a road just as bad as in the book, his son actually did almost make it into the road where a big 18 wheeler was well on its way but luckily for him he says either his son fell before he made it to the road or he pulled him back just in time but fear makes you forget these things. So there is where gage comes into play, as for church, kings daughters cat died while they were there and he heard strange popping in the garage where he found his daughter stomping on the clear bubble packing screaming "he was my cat, he was mine, why did god take him he was mine, god could have his own, not mine" and king thought this to be the purest reaction to death. Anger. A pet cemetery really existed near their house and it was written "pet sematary" so this is where that also came in and how it became the title. King then took these events and pushed it to the worst scenarios and the "what if" factor and actually didn't publish it for 3 years after writing it because he was so disturbed by what he had wrote. As for how they were coming back, it is explained to be the wendigo who soured the ground, and if you're touched by the wendigo you begin to have a cannibalistic trait, explaining why church had a new found love of ripping animals apart, and why gage insisted on biting on necks and eating his mothers face. So i hope this cleared things up for everyone and can help you appreciate just how great of a movie and book this really is. It's insane, and commendable for king to push himself this far when it has to do with his own family, that makes you connect with it so much more.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Sometimes being dead is better.
Comment: Pet Semetery is one of my favorite novels and the movie was fantastic, so it wasn't exactly like the book but then again who cares, some parts were still accurate like the scene with Zelda and the way Judd Crandell talked, I still ended up liking them both. Director Mary Lambert has a wonderful sense of visual style and manages to make this one of the few versions of King's stories that actually works and is quite creepy. Louis Creed (Dale Midkif) and his family have just moved into a new house planted right next to a road frequented by speeding trucks. When the family is away, Louis' cat is killed by one of the trucks and recognizing the family's love for the cat, Louis decides to bury the cat in the "Pet Sematary" the Indian burial ground hoping that the cat will come back to life. It does but the cat is now evil and definitely not out for love and affection, when Louis' son Gage (Miko Hughes)is killed he decides to do the same thing because he thinks he's found a way to save the corpses from the evil entity but when the son comes back to life it try's to kill mommy!. Overall Pet Semetery was a great and very creepy film and is definitely one of my favorites, it's a serious film with no cheese or silliness and the acting was convincing and very believable. I loved the story and how it dealt with loss, emotions and grief and how desperate some people get to have a loved one come back to life good stuff! also check out the scary scene where Rachel Creed tells the story about her sister Zelda who's suffering from meningitis with the creepy flashback, it was a very memorable scene. Anyway I highly recommend this film to horror fans but make sure you avoid that horrendous sequel.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty good modern horror film
Comment: Dr. Louis Creed moves his entire family to a remote Maine town where he will be the physician for a local college. Over Thanksgiving, while his wife and children are visiting her parents, his daughter's cat is hit by a truck and killed on the road in front of his house. The road has had a history of taking the lives of beloved pets since the dawn of the automobile age. Louis' strange neighbor leads him to an ancient Indian burial ground where he is instructed to bury the cat. The next day, the cat appears alive in Louis' garage. Louis thinks he has spared his daughter the trauma of losing her cat. However, the cat's nature has changed. Now the animal delights in tormenting Louis with such gifts as a dead rat while Louis is soaking in the bathtub. You see, while the bodies of the departed return alive their souls are not those of the original owner. One malicious reincarnated cat can't do much harm, but Louis soon experiences the loss of a human member of his family and he is about to see just how malevolent the forces are that rule the old burial ground.

Features include:
Anamorphic Widescreen
English DD2.0 & DD5.1 Surround
French DD2.0 Surround
English subtitles
Commentary by Director Mary Lambert
Stephen King's Pet Sematary: Stephen King Territory
Stephen King's Pet Sematary: The Characters
Stephen King's Pet Sematary: The Making of the Film
Featurettes include all new interviews with Director Mary Lambert, Author, Critic, Biographer Douglas E. Winter Actors Dale Midkiff and Brad Greenquist, and Director of Photography Peter Stein

The individual performances are good but not great, but the story is a creepy one told quite well with great atmosphere. Highly recommended.

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