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Best movie ever!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Believe it or not, occasionally someone succeeds to adapt Stephen King story in a good movie. First time I saw it, back when it was released, I was ten years old and I couldn't sleep for a very long time. Also, I shuddered at the very thought of cats or graveyards. Till today it stands as one of the most traumatic movie experiences of my life. Almost three decades later I decided to watch it again and I must admit it is pretty much scary even for a forty years old. Mary Lambert nailed King's atmosphere, story is simple but accurately hits primeval fears in us, and acting is good enough for movie to be convincing. Especially strong impression on me was left by Fred Gwynne and little Miko Huges, who stands shoulder to shoulder with legendary Damien from Omen. Interesting fact is that cult song by Ramones "I Don't Wanna Be Buried in a Pet Sematary" was nominated for Razzie Award for Worst Original Song. This is definitely my favorite Ramones song. Anyway, however different our tastes may be, this movie is mandatory for every true horror fan.8/10

"Pet Sematary" is another adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Oddly enough, the cemetery is only incidental to the plot. The real center of the story revolves around an old Mic Mac burial ground located above the pet cemetery in an isolated area.A young family, the Creeds, moves to rural Maine from Chicago. The father, Louis (Dale Midkiff) is a doctor taking up a post at the local hospital (I think). His faithful wife Rachel (Denise Crosby) and their two young children, Ellie (Balze Berdahl) and Gage (Miko Hughes) settle in. They meet their neighbor, the mysterious Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne) who tells them of a "pet semetary" located at the end of a path leading from the Creeds property.The Creed home and that of Crandall are separated by a busy highway over which travel large trucks at high speeds. The "sematary" apparently was established by the local children to bury their pets that were killed on the highway.At work, Louis tends to the injuries of Victor Pascow (Brad Greenquist). The man dies but in the process vows to help Louis through any crisis, a sort of guardian angel. And yes, only Louis is aware of Victor.When Rachel and the kids go to Chicago for Thanksgiving, Their pet cat "Church" is killed. Rather than tell Ellie of the tragedy, Crandall takes Louis to a hidden graveyard once used by the Mic Mac Indians. The grave yard possess magical powers by which a body buried there will rise (rather quickly) from the dead. Louis buries the cat there and lo and behold, the next evening...the cat came back. The rejuvenated pet has become aggressive toward Louis however, he manages to keep his gruesome secret from his family.Now this is where it gets really interesting. One sunny afternoon at a family picnic, little Gage wanders onto the highway and is killed. After a traditional burial, Louis sends his family to Chicago. Louis distraught over his son's death, exhumes his body and despite warnings from Crandall and Pascow, takes the little boy to the Indian graveyard. The little boy comes back to life and................................A lot of blood and gore in this one folks. The make up on the Pascow character is unbelievable. The violence at the film's climax results in much bloodshed. How they got little Miko Hughes (and his dummy double) to do what they do is really amazing. The hanging suicide of washer woman Missy (Susan Blommaert) although gruesome (and well done), adds little to the story line except to provide a venue for Stephen King's cameo.

I don't see how anyone can actually think this is a GOOD movie; it is not. The acting is atrocious, except for Fred Gwynne who manages to recite his corny lines with sincerity but without overacting. Everyone else, Dale, Denise and especially the little girl are absolutely atrocious, as is the actor playing the dead guy (he overacts; he seems to think he's in a Gothic ghost story). I think this may very well be the worst acted Hollywood movie I have ever seen. Mary Lambert, best known as the director behind Madonna's Like a Prayer and Like a Virgin videos (among others), doesn't seem to understand how humans act or speak. Stephen King novels and scripts are very hard to adapt because his words and description that work on the page are ridiculous when spoken or acted out. A director needs to know when to be literal and when to apply use of "director's license" to make gibberish and nonsense seem believable. There are some fun scenes ("Now I want to play with you!) and, again, Fred Gwynne (Mr. Herman Munster and Francis Muldoon), is actually good. But someone better needs to take a run at this book and make into something as wonderful as the story deserves.

one of the worst horror films I seen with too much hype. it is stupid, really badly acted and directed. the story just doesn't make any sense at all, it's just disjointed events connected together and things happen just because. after seeing this you get to appreciate the works of masters such as Kubrick who also did a Stephen King's book, the shinning. but he made it much better than it was. I think Stephen king is overrated in general. he should never have made films, he fails as a filmmaker.if you love Stephen King and must watch his work, he has better films. the movie IT is better made, even though it has flaws also; but at least it's entertaining enough with some good material that it can sustain itself.