One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Let's be realistic.

Instant Favorite.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

My partner and I have been having a King movie fest. We started by watching Firestarter then Carrie then the The Shining, and then we watched Pet Sematary. Wow. I know Firestarter is considered by some to be a terrible movie but it actually has a heart and an emotional centre which was very easy to get into. It's also directed really well I felt regardless that King dislikes it. Firestarter is a masterpiece compared to Pet Sematary! This is a laughable forgetful 80s horror movie.. the story and the movie were rubbish. It ripped off the The Amityville Horror soundtrack, then seemed to be trying to bring flavours of Nightmare on Elm Street 3 towards the end.. but it was such a pathetic story with the sidekick ghost and the completely illogical sequence of events when the kid comes back.. it reminded me of why I stopped reading Stephen King books after finishing the 21st one. Such 1 dimensional characters, often schmaltzy and relying on such stereotyped personalities. I'd heard that King absolutely hates Kubrik's Shining. I guess it must be difficult seeing someone take your schmaltzy 1 dimensional work, ignoring your repeated failings and crafting it into a suspenseful and a well directed movie! Stephen King is a writer whose stories only translate to screen well when a director completely ignores King's characterisations. Unfortunately I think the director here remained faithful to King's book as well as throwing in the cheap 80s schlock horror style, thus Pet Sematary ended up as junk. My partner and I both felt the same way about it.

Everything about this movie is beyond creepy. From the initial premise (native American burial ground turned "sour"), the creepy child Gage, the alarming Trucks barreling down the road, the creepy girl, the creepy maid - and the cake taker for scariest human ever on film: the sister Zelda. That gruesome creature literally gave me nightmares for the better part of my childhood. Why the hell did my parents let me watch this movie?? UNGH, so darn terrifying. It's sad and kind of funny (like all of King's books), but this one is for me the most frightening by far. Ahhh...now I'm thinking about Zelda and her messed up back and skin ad bones body and I want to cry. The perfect horror film.

This movie is not scary. It is just a lot of hype. I has an awful story line. It has an awful ending. Pet Sematary 2 is a lot better. Do not see this movie. Just see Pet Sematary 2. This a 4. Not a 6.6

one of the worst horror films I seen with too much hype. it is stupid, really badly acted and directed. the story just doesn't make any sense at all, it's just disjointed events connected together and things happen just because. after seeing this you get to appreciate the works of masters such as Kubrick who also did a Stephen King's book, the shinning. but he made it much better than it was. I think Stephen king is overrated in general. he should never have made films, he fails as a filmmaker.if you love Stephen King and must watch his work, he has better films. the movie IT is better made, even though it has flaws also; but at least it's entertaining enough with some good material that it can sustain itself.