Review of Pet Sematary (1989) by Jimmy H — 06 Jul 2017

Pretty preposterous, at times dull but overall effectively chilling Stephen King adapted horror flick with decent acting, especially from the veteran Fred Gwynn of The Munsters as brooding neighbor Jud who may have one or two skeletons in the closet.

. he serves as the story's real emotional core. His backstory I felt while necessary was a little overinclusive and when it started to drag for me and the stuff with Paqscow seemed as if it was tacked on by King for comedic effect and just to stretch the story out for a novel/feature length movie (I always thought it could've made for a great short story, or even better Tales From The Crypt episode!) However, it all works out in the end because the eerily intense, foreboding atmosphere is what pulls you through for the most part and there are indeed some truly frightening, deeply disturbing moments that will stay with you such as the (SPOILER ALERT!).

........death of poor little Gage played wonderfully by Miko Hughes, and the flashback/hallucination scenes of mother Rachel's very, VERY sick sister Zelda who scared immensely this 10 year old boy.

.and still haunts me to this day. As far as pure horror goes, that has to be worth something! 3 stars.