Pet Sematary
Short description
Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed, who leaves Boston with his wife Rachel and their two young children for a rural home in Maine. The family befriends their neighbour Jud Crandall, and the eldest daughter, Ellie, comes across a burial ground for pets hidden in the woods nearby. After a tragedy strikes the household, Louis turns to Jud for help, and the older man shares what he knows about the place and what lies beyond it. What follows sets off a chain of events with severe consequences for the Creeds.
The film is directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, who had previously made Starry Eyes in 2014 and Holidays in 2016, with Pet Sematary arriving as their third feature. Jeff Buhler wrote the screenplay, and Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and Steven Schneider produced. Jason Clarke plays Louis, with Amy Seimetz as Rachel, John Lithgow as Jud, and Jeté Laurence as Ellie; the twin brothers Hugo and Lucas Lavoie share the role of Gage. It is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name.
Pet Sematary opened in April 2019 and runs 101 minutes. Made for about 21 million dollars, it took in roughly 113 million dollars worldwide, a strong return on its budget. Reception was middling: on IMDb it holds 5.7 out of 10 from over 97,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 5.7 from around 3,500 votes, closely matching a critics' score of 5.9 from 277 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Speaking about the original film adaptation of the novel “Pet Sematary” (Mary Lambert, 1989), Stephen King said that this novel truly scares him more than any other he has written.
- The novel mentions a tribe of Native Americans who lived in this area long ago. Directors Kevin Kolsh and Dennis Widmyer added an explanation to the film that, upon learning of the supernatural power of the area, the tribe chose to relocate.
- Egg white and chalk were used as cat makeup, and corn syrup mixed with food coloring was used to create fake blood. The cats ate and drank while the makeup was being applied. According to the trainers, the cats got used to the makeup in about two months.
- When Rachel returns from Boston, she passes a road sign that reads "Derry 20 miles." Derry is a town that features in many works by Stephen King, especially in the novel "It" (1986).
- According to trainer Melissa Millett, five stray cats were chosen for the role of Church, but one was so frightened on set that only four remained. They lived in trailers with the trainers, but one had to be kept separately as he did not get along with the other cats. After filming, homes were found for all the cats – two were taken by the animal coordinator, two were placed by Millett with friends, and the last one she took herself.
- According to Jason Clarke, the scariest part of filming was digging up the "daughter" in a real cemetery at 4 a.m.
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