Pet Sematary

"Sometimes, dead is better."

Apr 21 1989 R 1h 43m
Horror, Thriller

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

Plot

Eager to start afresh, the young doctor, Louis Creed, and his family--his wife, Rachel, their daughter, Ellie, and their three-year-old toddler, Gage--move to their new home in the small rural town of Ludlow, Maine, alarmingly close to a busy highway. However, after the inadvertent death of Rachel's cherished tomcat in an awful accident, reluctantly, a desperate Louis will take his friendly neighbour's advice to bury it in an ancient Micmac graveyard: a mystical burial ground imbued with alleged reanimating powers. Now, despite the terrible results and the insistent warnings from a recently deceased, tragedy-stricken Louis has no other choice but to go back to the Indian cemetery, in high hopes that, this time, things will be different. Nevertheless, can the dead truly return from the grave?

Written by

Stephen King

Directed by

Mary Lambert

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 6 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
119,072
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
38
Popularity
NA