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Pet Sematary

1989 · Film · 103 min

  • Horror

Plot

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

About Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary is a 1989 American supernatural horror film and the first adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name. Directed by Mary Lambert, with King writing the screenplay, it stars Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne and Miko Hughes as Gage Creed. The film follows a doctor named Louis Creed who moves his family to a rural Maine home near a dangerous highway. After their cat dies, a neighbor guides Louis to bury it in an ancient burial ground that brings it back to life evil, leading to disaster when his young son dies and is buried there too. Pet Sematary was theatrically released in the United States on April 21, 1989, by Paramount Pictures. The film received mixed reviews. It grossed $57.5 million at the box office on a budget of $11.5 million. A sequel, Pet Sematary Two, was released in 1992 and a second film adaptation was released in 2019.

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Cast

  • Dale MidkiffLouis Creed
  • Fred GwynneJud Crandall
  • Denise CrosbyRachel Creed
  • Brad GreenquistVictor Pascow
  • Michael LombardIrwin Goldman
  • Miko HughesGage Creed
  • Blaze BerdahlEllie Creed
  • Susan BlommaertMissy Dandridge
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