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Pet Sematary (2019)

The second film based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, Pet Sematary follows the Creed family after they move to a remote Maine town and discover its haunting secret. Despite the warnings of his elderly neighbor, Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) finds himself drawn to the dark power of the pet cemetery in the woods, especially after his family suffers an unthinkable tragedy.

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Pet Sematary
R
Horror

Director
Dennis Widmyer , Kevin Kolsch
Release Date
April 5, 2019
Studio(s)
Paramount Pictures
Distributor(s)
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Amy Seimetz , Alyssa Brooke Levine , Maria Herrera , Hugo Lavoie , Jason Clarke , Jeté Laurence , Obssa Ahmed , John Lithgow , Naomi Frenette
Writers
Jeff Buhler
Runtime
100 minutes
Franchise(s)
Pet Sematary
prequel(s)
Pet Sematary , Pet Sematary II
Budget
21 million

Summary

Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children Gage and Ellie move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie 'Pet Sematary' located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes, dead is better.

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