Pet Sematary

The Creed family moves from the city to a rural home in Maine so that Louis, a doctor, can take up a position at the local university. Their new house sits beside a busy road, and their neighbour Judd Crandall warns them about the traffic. Behind the property lies a small burial ground where local children inter their pets, and beyond it an older cemetery that legend connects with the return of the dead. When the family cat is killed on the road, Louis buries it in that older ground, and the animal comes back changed.

The film is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel, with King himself writing the screenplay, and it was directed by Mary Lambert. It was the first feature she directed, and she returned to the story with a sequel three years later. Dale Midkiff plays Louis, Denise Crosby plays his wife Rachel, Fred Gwynne appears as Judd, and Miko Hughes plays the youngest child, Gage.

Made for a budget of about 12 million dollars, the film took roughly 58 million dollars worldwide, a strong return for a horror release of its time. On IMDb it holds 6.5/10 from around 123,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.7/10 from a much smaller pool of about 2,500. A critics' rating of 5.8/10 from forty reviews places it slightly below the audience scores.