Review of Pet Sematary (2019) by Nikki Baughan for Screen International — 31 Mar 2019
As with all Stephen King stories, there are resonant universal themes running through Pet Sematary; guilt, grief and trauma fuel this tale of a family who move to the countryside and become embroiled with an ancient evil.
Yet these are buried deep under a mudslide of horror cliches — jump scares, creepy kids, expositional newspaper headlines — that reduce this to just another run-of-the-mill horror remake.
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This review of Pet Sematary (2019) was written by Nikki Baughan and published by Screen International on 31 Mar 2019.
Pet Sematary has generally received positive reviews.
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