Pet Sematary (2019)
FormaldehideNSeek
England
So just found out that this has started shooting today, gonna do a little research to see what i can dig up. The original still holds up pretty well and Fred Gwynne's role was fantastic. Not seen it in a while but what i remember it was a deeply haunting movie.
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It was the cow...
I read they cast John Lithgow in the part, which had me interested. His become a wonderful character actor himself.
To her credit, she went all out with gore and atmosphere, which makes the film actually scary (no mean feat), but there's a lot more that could be done with the story. King loved Lambert's version, but he also hated Kubrick's The Shining and directed Maximum Overdrive, so...
Probably nobody will ever make a movie that will do this book justice, but if more people want to try then go for it.
This is in pretty good hands.
It follows the book quite well, but this is one of those few movies I also really want a reboot on. John Lithgo will be perfect also.
There's definitely enough room for a remake to have a different take on the material. Some of the other side stories like the returning soldier creeped me the fuck out. Original is great tho.
No idea the Starry Eyes fam was on board. This should be very good.
That wouldn't work in a movie because you'd need a constant voice-over reading King's exact text to the audience, and it wouldn't seem as convincing on film. Hopefully someone figures out another way to do it.
I hope the remake spends some time on the Wendigo, something that was hardly addressed (if at all) in Lambert's movie, although she did make the hikes to the burial ground adequately spooky.
The remake looks interesting, definitely won't be as good probably but I'm open.