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Pet Sematary

1989

Mary Lambert

Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist ...

5.9

7,707

Horror Dr. Louis Creed, having just moved to Maine with his wife and two children, is heartbroken when he finds that his daughter's beloved cat has been hit by a truck and killed. Thankfully, a strange, elderly neighbor called Jud knows a secret that may spare the young girl's tears. He takes the dead cat to an ancient Indian burial ground that lies hidden in the surrounding hilltops; and when he buries the feline there, it comes back to life ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] fails mostly because it doesn't trust the audience to do any of the work. What the dialogue doesn't carefully explain or predict is explained or predicted by ominous music and special effects."	NEG
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"In bringing Pet Sematary to life, King and Lambert rob it of some of its sting, but the central concept retains its power: this place, off the beaten path, where the most desperate wishes become horribly real."	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Literary success fails to make the leap to film again, with another hacked-up, sloppy screenplay from King (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	TV Guide	"A crushing disappointment for fans of the popular Stephen King novel on which it is based (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG

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