Watch: Pet Sematary 1989 123movies, Full Movie Online – Eager to start afresh, the young doctor, Louis Creed, and his family–his wife, Rachel, their daughter, Ellie, and their three-year-old toddler, Gage–move to their new home in the small rural town of Ludlow, Maine, alarmingly close to a busy highway. However, after the inadvertent death of Rachel’s cherished tomcat in an awful accident, reluctantly, a desperate Louis will take his friendly neighbour’s advice to bury it in an ancient Micmac graveyard: a mystical burial ground imbued with alleged reanimating powers. Now, despite the terrible results and the insistent warnings from a recently deceased, tragedy-stricken Louis has no other choice but to go back to the Indian cemetery, in high hopes that, this time, things will be different. Nevertheless, can the dead truly return from the grave?.
Plot: Dr. Louis Creed’s family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life — with “minor” problems. At first, only the family’s cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.
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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 with the tone of the book and only submitted it as a contractual obligation. Glad he did because it provides a very solid grounding for horror and deals with the very real horrors of overwhelming grief.
The film gets the tonal flows right, the family dynamic is neatly pitched in readiness for what is to come later, the house and the titular Pet Sematary of the title are eerie personified, and Fred Gwynne is on hand for a sage old characterisation. The potential for shattering horror is not fully realised, yet the makers deliver a good quota of scares and unease to make this a better than average King adaptation to screen. The use of the Ramones in the soundtrack is a good one, King loved them, they loved him, so much so they wrote the title track and named an album after it. 6.5/10
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._
A very enjoyable mess
The irony was, when I first watched ‘Pet Sematery’ I actually couldn’t spell ‘cemetery’ therefore I didn’t pick up the deliberate typo in the title! Anyway, it’s another eighties Stephen King book-to-film adaptation and, as any horror fan knows, these can be hit and miss. Mainly miss. However, what we have here is a creepy little film which actually stands the test of time.As with most ‘King’ films, it’s set in (or around) Maine where an unusually-happy family moves into a new house… by a road! Yes, the road is a major player in ‘Pet Sematery’ as it’s not long before a truck claims the life of the family’s pet cat, Church. Luckily, their well-meaning neighbour, Judd, takes pity on the family and comes up with a novel way of sparing the children the grief of losing a treasured pet – it involves resurrecting it beyond the ‘Pet Sematery.’
Now, ‘Pet Sematery’ is a great film. There’s lots to enjoy here – it’s creepy, well-acted and has plenty of memorable scenes – it’s definitely worth a watch. However, it’s also not without faults. I haven’t read the book, so I can only assume it goes into far greater details as to all the characters’ backstories. Here, everyone seems to have a deep backstory which could probably have its own film made about it. Yet all of these tales are only partially touched upon and it’s like this story should have been almost a mini-series to really do them all justice.
I say the film is ‘well-acted,’ but whether you consider Fred Gwynne’s portrayal of neighbour, ‘Judd,’ to be good, or just weird is entirely up to you. Personally, I love his performance and the way he seems to speak will certainly stay with you long after the credits have rolled. In fact, if you’re a fan of ‘South Park’ then you’ll start to get a lot of references in the cartoon as his character does tend to pop up here and there to explain various supernatural happenings.
So, if you can ignore the slightly ‘unused’ elements of the story which don’t really go anywhere, you’ll actually get quite a fun and novel (at the time – I still haven’t bothered with the remake) horror film. There’s quite a lot in it that actually borders on ‘disturbing imagery’ rather than horror, but when practical effects/make-up are used, they’re nicely nasty – if you know what I mean.
If you can really watch this film and not enjoy Fred Gwynne’s performance then I’ll be surprised (and also try not to laugh at a – slightly out-of-place – ‘pratfall’ that comes about three quarters of the way through the film when someone seems to bang his head on some furniture out of nowhere – Frank Drebin would be proud of that one!
A great film!
“Pet Sematary” is a great film based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. The script is well done, the cinematography alongside the filming locations make a great creepy atmosphere, and the performances are awesome. Nothing is scarier than the death… except back from the grave as an evil being!
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 43 min (103 min)
Budget 11500000
Revenue 57469467
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director Mary Lambert
Writer Stephen King
Actors Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 6 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2019 remaster), Dolby Vision, Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm