Headhunter's Holosuite Wiki
Headhunter's Holosuite Wiki
Advertisement
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
Credits
Title: Pet Sematary
Director: Mary Lambert
Writers: Stephen King
Producers: Tim Zinnemann; Richard P. Rubinstein; Ralph S. Singleton; Mitchell Galin; Ralph S. Singleton
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography: Peter Stein
Editors: Daniel Hanley; Michael Hill
Production
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Released: April 21st, 1989
Rating: R
Running time: 103 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $11,500,000 [1]
Navigation
Previous:
Next: Pet Sematary Two

Pet Sematary is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller genre. It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by famed horror author Stephen King. The movie was directed by Mary Lambert with a screenplay written by King himself. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on April 21st, 1989. The premise of the film involves the Creed family, who moved into a new home that lies along the path of a very dangerous highway. Through their neighbor, Jud Candall, the Creeds learn about a nearby pet cemetery that lies atop an ancient Micmac burial ground. The cemetery possesses the ability to resurrect the dead. Tragedy strikes when young Gage Creed is killed by an oncoming eighteen-wheeler. Parents Louis and Rachel Creed learn that hard way about what happens when one uses the pet cemetery to resurrect a human.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Dale Midkiff Louis Creed
Fred Gwynne Jud Crandall
Denise Crosby Rachel Creed
Brad Greenquist Victor Pascow
Michael Lombard Irwin Goldman
Miko Hughes Gage Creed
Blaze Berdahl Ellie Creed
Susan Blommaert Missy Dandridge
Mara Clark Marcy Charlton
Kavi Raz Steve Masterson
Mary Louise Wilson Dory Goldman
Andrew Hubatsek Zelda
Liz Davies Girl at infirmary
Kara Dalke Candystriper
Matthew August Ferrell Jud as a child
Lisa Stathoplos Jud's mother
Stephen King Minister
Elizabeth Ureneck Rachel as a child
Chuck Courtney Bill Baterman
Peter Stader Timmy Baterman
Richard Collier Young Jud
Chuck Shaw Cop
Dorothy McCabe Seatmate #1
Mary R. Hughes Seatmate #2
Eleanor Grace Courtemanche Logan gate agent
Donnie Greene Orinco driver
Lila Duffy Budget clerk
John David Moore Hitchhike driver
Beau Berdahl Ellie Creed II

Notes & Trivia[]

  • There are a total of twenty-nine credited cast members in this film.
  • Pet Sematary has a 43% (Rotten) rating on the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. The rating is based upon twenty-three submitted online reviews, 10 of which gave positive reviews and 13 gave negative reviews. [4]
  • A documentary titled "Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary" was directed by John Campopiano and Justin White. It premiered in September, 2014 and was released on Blu-ray by Synapse Films on March 13th, 2018.
  • The song included in the closing credit sequence is "Pet Sematary" by the Ramones. The Ramones were contracted to create a song specifically for the movie by director Mary Lambert, who had connections in the industry due to her previous work with music videos.

Fun Facts[]

  • The tagline for this film is "Sometimes dead is better".
  • The title of the movie, as well as the novel on which it is based, is deliberately mis-spelled to reflect a child-like quality, as it was children who cultivated the pet cemetery in both the book and the film.
  • This is the second film based on Stephen King novel that makes use of the cursed Indian burial ground film trope. The first was 1980's The Shining by director Stanley Kubrick.
  • This is Mary Lambert's second film as a director and her first film in the horror genre. She also directed this film's 1992 sequel, Pet Sematary Two, as well as Urban Legends: Bloody Mary in 2005, The Attic in 2007, and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid in 2011.
  • This is Stephen King's fifth film adaptation of one of his books where he also served as the screenplay writer. His other screen credits include Creepshow, as well as the film adaptations to Cat's Eye, Silver Bullet, and Maximum Overdrive (the latter two were adapted from short stories titled "Cycle of the Werewolf" and "Trucks").

Recommendations[]

See also[]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. IMDB; Pet Sematary (1989); Box office & Business
  2. "1984 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End.com
  3. IMDB; Pet Sematary (1989); Filming locations.
  4. Rotten Tomatoes; Pet Sematary (1989)

Keywords[]

1980s | Cats | Cemetery | Child | College | Dead animals | Dogs | Funeral | Ghosts | Grave robber | Gunshot victims Hangings | Hospital | Maine | Nightmares | Pickaxe | Resurrection | Scalpel | Shovel | Smoking | Suicide | Truck | Undead

Advertisement