Pet Sematary (1989)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 11
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Release Date: Apr 21, 1989 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 92,691
Movie Info
A doctor dabbles in magical resurrection with horrific consequences in this supernatural thriller adapted from the novel by Stephen King. When Dr. Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff) and his family move from Chicago to an old farmhouse in rural Maine, their only concern is the busy highway that flanks their new home. Louis' family -- wife Rachel (Denise Crosby), daughter Ellie (Blaze Berdahl), and toddler Gage (Miko Hughes) -- soon meet kindly old duffer Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne), who introduces them
Apr 21, 1989 Wide
Sep 19, 2000
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Dale Midkiff
Dr. Louis Creed -
Fred Gwynne
Jud Crandall -
Denise Crosby
Rachel Creed -
Brad Greenquist
Victor Pascow -
Michael Lombard
Irwin Goldman -
Blaze Berdahl
Ellie Creed -
Miko Hughes
Gage Creed -
Susan Blommaert
Missy Dandridge -
Mara Clark
Marcy Charlton -
Chuck Courtney
Bill Baterman -
Kara Dalke
Candystriper -
Liz Davies
Girl at infirmary -
Andrew Hubatsek
Zelda -
Kavi Raz
Steve Masterton -
Peter T. Stader
Timmy Baterman -
Stephen King
Minister -
Mary Louise Wilson
Dory Goldman -
Eleanor Grace Courtemanch...
Logan Gate Agent -
Lila Duffy
Budget Clerk -
Matthew August Ferrell
Jud as a Child -
Donnie Greene
Orinco Driver -
Mary R. Hughes
Seatmate -
Dorothy McCabe
Seatmate -
John David Moore
Hitch-hike Driver -
Chuck Shaw
Cop -
Lisa Stathoplos
Jud's Mother -
Elizabeth Ureneck
Rachel as a Child -
Richard Collier
Young Jud
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (11) | DVD (16)
It bombs despite King adapting the screenplay from his novel.
a flawed, but still bracingly horrific film of ideas, one that maintains with substantial impact the novel's tragic themes about death and the limitations of human control
...one of the most witless horror movies I've sat through, essentially a zombie ghost story that's wholly predictable throughout.
Haunting, sorrowful and reverberatingly eerie. Above all, Pet Sematary is a remarkably mature and thought-provoking look at the mysterious nature of death and the complexity of the grieving process.
Typically creepy Stephen King fodder.
A true-blue bruise of a horror flick, packed with unsettling images, shocking demises, and a wonderfully apt sense of macabre humor.
corny thriller
A ghost, a zombie cat, a murderous toddler, and Herman Munster... What's not to love?
Could have been better, but still worth to take a look
Eeeek! A junky book becomes a dreadful movie
Great Stephen King movie. Some true scares, lots of gore, and a hint of morality. Are you responsible for the reanimated dead?
Fairly effective adaptation of the Stephen King thriller.
Another awful Stephen King adaption.
So bad it's funny. Gwynne seems to be hawking Pepperidge Farm cookies.
A dull Stephen King adaptation that is neither scary or enjoyably dumb.
Aside from its blatant foreshadowing, the main problem with Pet Sematary is its hit-you-over-the-head approach to characters' inability to "let sleeping dogs lie."
Audience Reviews for Pet Sematary
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- Dr. Louis Creed: Fuck off, furball!
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- Zelda: Rachel, is that you? I've been waiting for you, Rachel. And now I'm going to twist your back like mine, so you'll never get out of bed again... Never get out of bed again! Never get out of bed again!
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- Jud Crandall: Do you know what a graveyard is? It's when the dead speaks!
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- Victor Pascow: The burrier wasn't ment to be crossed.
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- Jud Crandall: Sometimes dead is better.
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- Gage Creed: I played with mommy ... Now I want to play with you!
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Foreign Titles
- Friedhof der Kuscheltiere (DE)
- Pet Semetary (UK)

