Pet semetary (2019) review thread - 62% rotten tomatoes!

[Star-Lord]

62% fresh: 162 reviews
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pet_sematary_2019

Metacritic: 58%: 39 reviews
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pet-sematary-2019

The mystery continues on what movies Jason Clarke stars in will either be good or bad!

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

Jason Clarke is a solid actor, liked him since Brotherhood which I saw like a decade ago.

 

[Okabe]

Metacritic: 69%

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[H.Protagonist]

I want to watch it, but I just can't now. Damn kids. Happy to hear it's doing well, though.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Haven't really kept up with the marketing

Is the idea that there are multiple reanimated kids?

 

[TheBeardedOne]

The Metacritic score doesn't instill a ton of confidence, but I'm glad that it's got only positive reviews so far. That's the problem with RottenTomatoes, though, and why it's not so great.

I'm reading the book now in preparation. Seen the previous two movies though, but years ago. I know the first pretty well unfortunately (spoils the book some).

 

[Laserdisk]

Hyped

 

[TheBeardedOne]

I like the poster a lot, also the new cover of the new version of the book.

 

[Jombie]

I'm surprised, since the trailers made it look like generic horror. I'm really looking forward to it now.

 

[bangai-o]

I like the poster a lot, also the new cover of the new version of the book.

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New book? Who is the author? I checked amazon and they only have the Stephen King book.

 

[Deleted member 50454]

I saw the trailer. It is obviously not good.

 

[Deleted member 13328]

That poster is amazing.

I can't wait to see this, one of Kings best books and one of the best movies made from his books imo. So that the remake seems good makes me happy as hell.

 

[TheBeardedOne]

New book? Who is the author? I checked amazon and they only have the Stephen King book.

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They re-released his book with a new cover. It's a new edition.

CJ Tudor did just release The Hiding Place (The Taking of Annie Thorne in the UK), and it's a bit of a copycat.

 

[Classicrock78]

Im interested in how zelda looks during the bed scene.

 

[djplaeskool]

Don't go down that road...

 

[fargodog]

Pet Semetary is easily my favourite Stephen King book, although I'm not a superfan or anything. I'm hoping this captures that same isolating, spiralling darkness the original novel has.

 

[shaneo632]

Only 10 reviews but the average score is 8.43. Not bad. Could easily end up settling around 7.2-7.4.

 

[Carolina Reaper]

I saw the trailer. It is obviously not good.

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Agreed. It's obviously great.

 

[ncsoft]

really looking forward to this!

 

[the magical kitsune]

Sounds good, Pet Sematary I found to be one of King's scariest novels and the whole sequence after

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their son's death

fucked me up for a while.

 

[Jombie]

Hope the Wendigo is in it.

 

[BobLoblaw]

A reboot? I can't believe they went down that rod.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Well that's unexpected.

I thought it would be better than the original movie, not hard, as that was pretty poor, I did not expect this to actually be decent, pleasantly surprised.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Glad to hear. Going to watch this after I watch Shazam first. AMC's version of movie pass is looking pretty damn good now.

 

[Fat4all]

A reboot? I can't believe they went down that rod.

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can't do a sequel after we already got such a stellar one

 

[carlsojo]

I want to watch it, but I just can't now. Damn kids. Happy to hear it's doing well, though.

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This is exactly where I'm at lol

 

[DevilMayGuy]

I'll have to give it a watch

 

[kyle mechlachlan]

Is this not rated yet? It comes out in a little over two weeks.

 

[Nepenthe]

People were downing this hard after the second trailer. Good to see things are looking up for it for now.

 

[Deleted member 29939]

:D :D :D :D

So happy horror is in full resurgence after the dark ages of teen shit

 

[spam flakes]

Good to hear. Hopefully it keeps up. Read the book a few weeks back and really enjoyed it.

 

[Ithil]

I saw the trailer. It is obviously not good.

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That's not how it works.

 

[Deleted member 29939]

Oh they are releasing the 80s one with a kickass cover!
Never seen it. How was the old movie?!

FEAR AND REMEMBRANCE

• A look back at this classic with the cast and crew of 2019's Pet Sematary.
• REVISITATION – NEW INTERVIEW WITH MARY LAMBERT
• Director Mary Lambert shares memories of the movie.
• 3 NEW BEHIND-THE-SCENES IMAGE GALLERIES

Including NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN Storyboards

• • Commentary by Director Mary Lambert
• • Stephen King Territory • The Characters • Filming the Horror

 

[Kasey]

can't do a sequel after we already got such a stellar one

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Not sure if serious but Clancy Brown is a boss in this movie.

 

[DerbyCityDerek]

I saw the trailer. It is obviously not good.

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But who do I believe? Man who saw the trailer, or critics who saw the movie itself?

The world may never know.

 

[Deleted member 29939]

Jason Clarke is a solid actor, liked him since Brotherhood which I saw like a decade ago.

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Yes he is.
Dunno why some people here group him in the "generic white male actor" list along with Sam Worthington and Jai Whatever

can't do a sequel after we already got such a stellar one

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Some graphic designer was paid to come up with that cover
Thats the real horror story

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

That's a pleasant surprise out of what I suspected from the trailers.

I hope it holds that rating.

 

[night814]

Not surprised trailer looked pretty good.

 

[Cipher Peon]

Pet Sematary had an excellent trailer, so this is very exciting to hear!

 

[Timeaisis]

Good to hear. I was honestly on the fence on this one, but I'm glad it seems to have turned out well! Excited to check it out b

 

[Rodan]

The first movie terrified me like nothing else ever has, I saw it way too young, like 8 years old. Now that I'm old and mature enough to appreciate watching something that traumatised me as a kid, I'm a father and can't imagine watching it due to the subject matter alone.

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

The first movie terrified me like nothing else ever has, I saw it way too young, like 8 years old. Now that I'm old and mature enough to appreciate watching something that traumatised me as a kid, I'm a father and can't imagine watching it due to the subject matter alone.

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Dude the way the

Spoiler

goopy fluid fell out of the dead wife's eye

fucked me up so bad lol

 

[Gaia Lanzer]

Oh they are releasing the 80s one with a kickass cover!
Never seen it. How was the old movie?!

FEAR AND REMEMBRANCE

• A look back at this classic with the cast and crew of 2019's Pet Sematary.
• REVISITATION – NEW INTERVIEW WITH MARY LAMBERT
• Director Mary Lambert shares memories of the movie.
• 3 NEW BEHIND-THE-SCENES IMAGE GALLERIES

Including NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN Storyboards

• • Commentary by Director Mary Lambert
• • Stephen King Territory • The Characters • Filming the Horror

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That's a cool version of the cover. It seems to be inspired to the artwork on the first edition of the novel:

 

[Logistic]

Ah, this takes me back. I read this book in Saturday detention.

 

[Vilix]

John Lithgow is an amazing actor.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

With the exception of Dark Tower, it seems we're in a Stephen King renaissance.

 

[Kaswa101]

Hell yes, I'm in. Great year for Stephen King movies :D

 

[gnomed]

I haven't realized Lithgow gives off some Fred Gwynne vibes, good casting pick. I wonder if there is a reference or cover of The Ramone's song in the movie.

 

[H.Protagonist]

This is exactly where I'm at lol

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I burst into tears just seeing those Save the Children commercials now. I'd never make it through the movie in one piece. :(

 

[Nightbird]

Didn't liked the original movie, hope this one is an improvement