Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary (1989)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1989-04-21

Country

United States

Production

Paramount

Genre

Horror, Drama

Budget

$11 500 000

Revenue

$57 500 000

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Director

Mary Lambert

Actors

Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard, Miko Hughes, Blaze Berdahl, Susan Blommaert, Mara Clark, Kavi Raz
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Scenario

Producer

Richard P. Rubinstein, Tim Zinnemann

Operator

Peter Stein

Composer

Elliot Goldenthal

Artist

Mark Zuelzke

Audition

Fern Champion, Pamela Basker

Editing

Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
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• The film is based on Stephen King's novel "Pet Sematary" (1983).
• Stephen King sold the film rights on the condition that filming would take place in his native state of Maine.
• Stephen King once mentioned that the only novel he wrote that truly frightened him was "Pet Sematary".
• The film was shot in the same rural area of Maine where Stephen King's novel "Pet Sematary" (1983) is set.
• Bruce Campbell was the first choice for the role of Louis Creed.
• Fred Gwynne dyed his hair white for the role of Jud Crandall.
• This was the first filmed screenplay that Stephen King adapted from one of his novels.
• Tom Savini turned down the film.
• Stephen King appears as a minister in the funeral scene.
• When Victor Pascow is taken to the clinic after being hit by a truck, a poster with rabies featuring Cujo can be seen on a bulletin board on the stairs.
• The portrait of Zelda as a child also features a grey cat on the child’s lap, an obvious foreshadowing.
• At the five-minute mark, Louis leans over his daughter wearing sunglasses, although he was without them in the shots before and after.
• The film is based on Stephen King's novel "Pet Sematary" (1983).
• Stephen King once mentioned that the only novel he had written that truly frightened him was "Pet Sematary".
• The film was shot in the same rural area of Maine where Stephen King's novel "Pet Sematary" (1983) is set.