09-11-2009, 05:04 AM
Pet Sematary
I had not watched it in years, and it brought back fond memories. Of a simpler time, when I was but 8 years old and my mother got this new book that was tearing up the NY Times bestseller list. Pet Sematary by Stephen King. And she read it to me and my 6 year old brother. I LOVED it! The best bed time story ever! And I am pretty sure that after the great reception that I gave the book, two years later, my father took me to see Return of the Living Dead, and thus my love affair with the Living Dead had begun in earnest!
I honestly have to say my memory of the movie was very faded. I finally found a copy after looking for it in stores for 2 weeks. It was either sold out, or not carried. Me and Rose popped some popcorn and settled down to what I figured would be a water down vision of what I had carried in my head since the last time I had seen it. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE! I loved it this time, and finally put to rest the question I had been asking myself. IS PET SEMETARY A ZOMBIE MOVIE? And the answer was a simple concrete YES. For one, you have dead people (and a cat) returning from the grave with a very strong urge to kill the living. That is simple enough. But what made it solid for me was the flash back scene the Jud presents, where a boy is brought back to life by his grieving father. In one part of it, the boy is seen eating a little girl's leg, with the Mary Jane shoe on it and everything! BEAUTIFUL! BAM! ZOMBIE!
Okay, the movie is beautifully shot, and the screen play was done by none other than King himself!
The acting is great. Fred Gwynne, of Herman Munster fame, does a pitch perfect job of being Jud Crandall. The rest of the cast is also spot on, beside for a little hitch I had with Blaze Berdahl who played the 5 year old daughter. She was wayyyyy over acting, but that can be easily forgiven considering she was 6 when she played the role. And I have to give a special place for the acting of 3 year old Miko Hughes as Gage. I laughed my ass off at his last line of "NO FAIR". Damn that was awesome!
The special effects, though spares, was very well done. The brains leaking out of the character Victor Pascow's head was a bit hard to look at, and the scalpel cut to Juds heel made me wince. Very well done!
So my review score of 1989's Pet Sematary is 9.5 headshots outta 10.
Why the missing .5? I don't know, and I couldn't even explain it to Rose. Weird huh?
If you haven't seen this movie, or like me it's been awhile, just remember. Sometimes Dead Isn't Better! Not for this movie anyways!
(LokiZee is a rabid zombie fan in any medium. If you have a problem with his views and opinions, he may just eat your brains!:zombie
P.S. On a side note. For more Stephen King and zombies, check out the short story "Home Delivery" in his book of short stories Just after Sunset! One of my favorite zombie stories!
I had not watched it in years, and it brought back fond memories. Of a simpler time, when I was but 8 years old and my mother got this new book that was tearing up the NY Times bestseller list. Pet Sematary by Stephen King. And she read it to me and my 6 year old brother. I LOVED it! The best bed time story ever! And I am pretty sure that after the great reception that I gave the book, two years later, my father took me to see Return of the Living Dead, and thus my love affair with the Living Dead had begun in earnest!
I honestly have to say my memory of the movie was very faded. I finally found a copy after looking for it in stores for 2 weeks. It was either sold out, or not carried. Me and Rose popped some popcorn and settled down to what I figured would be a water down vision of what I had carried in my head since the last time I had seen it. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE! I loved it this time, and finally put to rest the question I had been asking myself. IS PET SEMETARY A ZOMBIE MOVIE? And the answer was a simple concrete YES. For one, you have dead people (and a cat) returning from the grave with a very strong urge to kill the living. That is simple enough. But what made it solid for me was the flash back scene the Jud presents, where a boy is brought back to life by his grieving father. In one part of it, the boy is seen eating a little girl's leg, with the Mary Jane shoe on it and everything! BEAUTIFUL! BAM! ZOMBIE!
Okay, the movie is beautifully shot, and the screen play was done by none other than King himself!
The acting is great. Fred Gwynne, of Herman Munster fame, does a pitch perfect job of being Jud Crandall. The rest of the cast is also spot on, beside for a little hitch I had with Blaze Berdahl who played the 5 year old daughter. She was wayyyyy over acting, but that can be easily forgiven considering she was 6 when she played the role. And I have to give a special place for the acting of 3 year old Miko Hughes as Gage. I laughed my ass off at his last line of "NO FAIR". Damn that was awesome!
The special effects, though spares, was very well done. The brains leaking out of the character Victor Pascow's head was a bit hard to look at, and the scalpel cut to Juds heel made me wince. Very well done!
So my review score of 1989's Pet Sematary is 9.5 headshots outta 10.
Why the missing .5? I don't know, and I couldn't even explain it to Rose. Weird huh?
If you haven't seen this movie, or like me it's been awhile, just remember. Sometimes Dead Isn't Better! Not for this movie anyways!
(LokiZee is a rabid zombie fan in any medium. If you have a problem with his views and opinions, he may just eat your brains!:zombie
P.S. On a side note. For more Stephen King and zombies, check out the short story "Home Delivery" in his book of short stories Just after Sunset! One of my favorite zombie stories!
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. I'd honestly give it a 9.5. myself
