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Pet Sematary (1989)

October 17, 2016 Movie of the Week

As Stephen King adaptations go, one could do a lot worse than Pet Sematary. It doesn’t quite live up to its source material (no King adaptation does) but, judged on its own merit, director Mary Lambert’s take on the tale is a genuinely creepy horror film filled with haunting imagery that has a way of sticking with you long after its Ramones-driven end credits roll. From the undead cat Church to the horrific Aunt Zelda to the mutilated specter Victor Pascow, there’s so much about Pet Sematary that gets under your skin and stays there. It is cinematic nightmare fuel if I ever I saw it.

The movie centers around the Creed family, newly moved to rural Maine. Dr. Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff), his wife Rachel (Denise Crosby), their children Ellie (Blaze Berdahl) and Gage (Miko Hughes), and, of course, their pet cat Church. While this idealistic family of five may have just moved into their dream home, things aren’t as perfect as they seem. As their lovable new neighbor Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne) repeatedly reminds them, their house is right next to a road so constantly traveled by big rig trucks that local children maintain a pet cemetery - misspelled sign and all - for the pets those trucks have taken from them. And if that’s not eerie enough, the woods beyond that cemetery just so happen to house an ancient Micmac burial ground with a mysterious power to revive the dead. But sometimes, as Louis soon finds out, dead is better.

Pet Sematary, the novel, pushes the limits of acceptable horror subject matter. King himself considers it to be his most frightening book, calling it “the one I put away in a drawer, thinking I had finally gone too far.” While the cinematic take on the story never sinks all the way down into the depths of depravity and madness that the novel and its “protagonist” achieve, it’s still a pretty messed up movie. I mean, my god, Aunt Zelda. I get chills thinking about Aunt Zelda! And the film’s third act, when the unthinkable has finally come to pass, is some of the finest horror cinema you’ll ever watch…

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Pet Sematary (1989)

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Tales from the Crypt (1989)

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The Evil Dead [1981] dir. Sam Raimi

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Tales from the Crypt: House of Horror (1993)

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Tales from the Crypt: House of Horror (1993)

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Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)

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I’m pretty sure I’m gonna listen to this album on a constant loop for the next two weeks now that the Purple Stuff Podcast has made me aware of its existence. Can’t pass up on the chance to hear the Crypt Keeper sing such timeless holiday classics as “Deck The Halls With Parts Of Charlie”, after all!

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Sleepwalkers (1992)

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The Void (2016)

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Starting this awesome book about #ANightmareOnElmStreet today! I’m excited to learn more about #horror icon #WesCraven. It’s still hard to believe he’s gone. What a legend.

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Have a very nice Monday <3

The Chatham Record, Pittsboro, North Carolina, July 22, 1908