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Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

Horror · 1989

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

Movie details

Pet Sematary

“Sometimes dead is better.”

1989 Horror 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Pet Sematary?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mary Lambert

Written by

Stephen King

Dale Midkiff

Dale Midkiff

Louis Creed

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

Jud Crandall

Denise Crosby

Denise Crosby

Rachel Creed

Brad Greenquist

Brad Greenquist

Victor Pascow

Michael Lombard

Michael Lombard

Irwin Goldman

Miko Hughes

Miko Hughes

Gage Creed

Blaze Berdahl

Blaze Berdahl

Ellie Creed

Court is in session

Put Pet Sematary on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.