Pet Sematary (1989)

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (11) | DVD (16)

It bombs despite King adapting the screenplay from his novel.

May 20, 2013 Full Review

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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

October 5, 2012 Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

...one of the most witless horror movies I've sat through, essentially a zombie ghost story that's wholly predictable throughout.

September 20, 2012 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

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.

October 16, 2008 Full Review

Dustin Putman

DustinPutman.com

Typically creepy Stephen King fodder.

November 3, 2007

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

A true-blue bruise of a horror flick, packed with unsettling images, shocking demises, and a wonderfully apt sense of macabre humor.

November 15, 2006 Full Review

Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

corny thriller

June 29, 2005

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

A ghost, a zombie cat, a murderous toddler, and Herman Munster... What's not to love?

January 28, 2005 Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson

StaciWilson.com

Could have been better, but still worth to take a look

November 11, 2004 Full Review

Andreas Samuelson

Slasherpool

Eeeek! A junky book becomes a dreadful movie

March 5, 2004 | Comments (5)

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Great Stephen King movie. Some true scares, lots of gore, and a hint of morality. Are you responsible for the reanimated dead?

July 14, 2003

Fred Topel

About.com

Fairly effective adaptation of the Stephen King thriller.

March 19, 2003

Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

Another awful Stephen King adaption.

December 12, 2002

Gerry Shamray

Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

So bad it's funny. Gwynne seems to be hawking Pepperidge Farm cookies.

December 1, 2002 | Comment (1)

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A dull Stephen King adaptation that is neither scary or enjoyably dumb.

July 25, 2002

Chuck Rudolph

Matinee Magazine

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."

July 25, 2001 Full Review

Ed Gonzalez

Apollo Guide

• 1. Dr. Louis Creed: Fuck off, furball!
  – Submitted by Jimmy G (7 months ago)
• 1. 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!
  – Submitted by Bria M (12 months ago)
• 1. Jud Crandall: Do you know what a graveyard is? It's when the dead speaks!
  – Submitted by Claudia S (13 months ago)
• 1. Victor Pascow: The burrier wasn't ment to be crossed.
  – Submitted by Claudia S (13 months ago)
• 1. Jud Crandall: Sometimes dead is better.
  – Submitted by Claudia S (13 months ago)
• 1. Gage Creed: I played with mommy ... Now I want to play with you!
  – Submitted by Claudia S (13 months ago)

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