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Pet Sematary

6.6

Released April 21, 1989Runtime 1h 42min

Sometimes, dead is better.

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $11,500,000
Revenue: $57,500,000
Profit/Loss: $46,000,000

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Cast

Dale MidkiffLouis Creed

Fred GwynneJud Crandall

Denise CrosbyRachel Creed

Brad GreenquistVictor Pascow

Michael LombardIrwin Goldman

Miko HughesGage Creed

Blaze BerdahlEllie Creed

Susan BlommaertMissy Dandridge

Mara ClarkMarcy Charlton

Kavi RazSteve Masterton

Mary Louise WilsonDory Goldman

Andrew HubatsekZelda

Liz DaviesGirl at Infirmary

Kara DalkeCandystriper

Lisa StathoplosJud's Mother

Stephen KingMinister

Elizabeth UreneckRachel as a Child

Chuck CourtneyBill Baterman

Peter StaderTimmy Baterman

Jonathan Brandisadr loop group (voice)

Crew

Mary LambertDirector

Phillip ChristonFirst Assistant Director

Suzanne HaasisSecond Assistant Director

Jesse LongScript Supervisor

Joan CunninghamSecond Second Assistant Director

Stephen KingScreenplay

Stephen KingNovel

Richard P. RubinsteinProducer

Tim ZinnemannExecutive Producer

David Blake HartleyLocation Manager

Sue SwanCasting Associate

Lindsay ChagCasting Assistant

Dawn SteinbergCasting Associate

Fern ChampionCasting

Pamela BaskerCasting

Ralph S. SingletonAssociate Producer

Mitchell GalinCo-Producer

Elliot GoldenthalOriginal Music Composer

Peter SteinDirector of Photography

Mike HillEditor

Daniel P. HanleyEditor

Dins DanielsenArt Direction

Mark ZuelzkeAssistant Art Director

Patricia KlawonnSet Designer

Rusty GellerSteadicam Operator

Abigayle TarschesStill Photographer

Herb AultFirst Company Grip

Ellen FreundProperty Master

Ron WoodsAssistant Property Master

Tom FinanAdditional Editing

Barry DresnerAdditional Editing

Karen KoryAssistant Editor

Charles Martin InouyeSupervising Music Editor

Larry MannSupervising Sound Editor

Bruce RichardsonSound Editor

Gordon DavidsonSound Editor

Jane LangSound Editor

Blake R. CornettAssistant Sound Editor

Steve MaslowSound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael HerbickSound Re-Recording Mixer

Gregg LandakerSound Re-Recording Mixer

Beth BergeronSupervising ADR Editor

Jessica GallavanADR Editor

David Horton Jr.Foley Editor

Ken DufvaFoley Artist

David Lee FeinFoley Artist

Greg CurdaFoley Mixer

Joel IwatakiScoring Mixer

Robert J. ElisbergUnit Publicist

Hiram OrtizMakeup Designer

Hiram OrtizHair Designer

Ileane MeltzerWardrobe Supervisor

Steve A. HagbergConstruction Coordinator

A. Welch LambethTransportation Coordinator

Neil HymanTransportation Captain

Clifford M. HirschStudio Teacher

Robert RaringColor Timer

Marlene StewartCostume Design

Michael Z. HananProduction Design

Mark UlanoProduction Sound Mixer

Ben ScottStunts

John RobothamStunts

Donna GarrettStunts

Laura DashStunts

Bob HerronStunts

Hamilton SterlingSound Editor

Jim PassonColor Timer

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Reviews

And the night when the cold wind blows, No one cares, nobody knows. The Stephen King novel from which the screenplay was adapted very nearly didn’t see the light of day. It was actually written by King based on a real place and instances during a stay at a rented house. He was never quite happy ...

Even if it wasn't any good, Pet Sematary's sort of a must watch given how heavily it's been referenced in the film and television industries since. But it is good, so there's that too. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

The "Creed" family relocate to a rural town in Maine where the father - "Louis" (Dale Midkiff) is to be a local doctor. They don't get off to a great start after the beloved cat of daughter "Ellie" (Blaze Berdahl) gets squashed by a passing vehicle and so it is ceremoniously buried in an ancient gr...

by CertifiedHuman

A completely botched adaptation. It's completely lifeless and truncated and seems like it's just missing tons of important scenes of lore and character development (which is all included in the book of course). It's odd, the film cuts Judd's wife from the book, but includes a much less consequentia...

"Pet Sematary" boasts a very routine quality on every level and most of the time it seems as though everything connected with this film is strictly on autopilot. It is no wonder the films based upon Stephen King's fiction don't fare particularly well. It isn't because they are bad - well, at least ...