This week, Paramount Pictures buries viewers in sour ground with their fresh adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic Pet Sematary, this time directed by Starry Eyes filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer.
A final trailer gets us ready for what could be one of this year’s best, boasting several quotes including one from our own Meagan Navarro:
“Everything you know about this story still won’t prepare you.“
Meagan reviewed the film for us out of SXSW, writing: “Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer don’t bother retreading the story we know and instead give us something far more satisfying in its own right. Instead, they give us a story so bone-chilling, so substantial, and even with a little bit of humor to alleviate the brutal blow of abject terror.”
She added, “It’s shocking, heartbreaking [and] freaking scary.”
“Based on the novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed, who, after relocating with his wife Rachel and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall, setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.”
Twins Hugo Lavoie and Lucas Lavoie play Gage Creed, with Jeté Laurence as Ellie Creed. Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz are our new Louis and Rachel Creed, with John Lithgow as Jud Crandall. Obssa Ahmed is playing Victor Pascow, with Alyssa Brooke Levine as Zelda.
Return to the Pet Sematary on April 5, 2019.
