Horror fans appeared to be divided on the fresh take on Stephen King‘s chilling Pet Sematary (read our review), which put a much different spin on the previous adaptation.
This time around (SPOILERS), “Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) follows his resurrected daughter Ellie (Jeté Laurence) as she drags her dying mother Rachel (Amy Seimetz) to the Pet Sematary. Then Louis and Ellie fight in the graveyard. Just as Louis gets the upper hand, Ellie morphs into an innocent, pleading guise and Louis hesitates to finish her off. But instead of a suddenly transformed zombie Rachel stabbing Louis from behind as in the official version, the alternate ending instead cuts to this alternate ending” shared by EW (click to expand into full screen).
Directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer told the site that this alternate ending was how screenwriters Matt Greenberg and Jeff Buhler originally wanted to conclude their adaptation of King’s horror classic.
“We love both endings,” Widmyer says. “This ending is near and dear to us; it was the scripted ending.”
“It’s a sadder one, which is why we like it so much,” Kölsch adds.
You can read about why they changed the ending at EW.
The Pet Sematary home video release is set for June 25 for Digital; July 9 for Blu-Ray and DVD.
