[Closed] Pet Sematary - who's going to see it?

I think I would have some kind of emotional breakdown!

The original was the first horror movie I ever saw. It was at someone's birthday party - we were WAY too young to be watching it. Terrified the bejesus out of me for months afterwards.

So, er, no.

that would be ideal, surely!

Not in this way, no - too close to home!

The last time I was scared at a horror film (which I think finally put me off them) was The Others LOL!

Can't be as bad a realisation as the last one!

But then, transferring Stephen King to the screen is a tough job.

Nope not me.

Unless it has fluffy bunnies and unicorns in it.

🕺

One for Amazon Prime.

We went to watch it on Monday night at the Unlimited screening

Can’t be as bad a realisation as the last one!

Reviews say not.

Unless it has fluffy bunnies and unicorns in it.

It does. It's just that they're all dead and reanimated. With hideously evil designs on everyone in their path.

Sleep tight!

Just went and watched the trailer. I'm in.

I saw the first one not long after it first came out, and its 'campness' made it hard to take seriously. This one, on the other hand, looks like it could be properly disturbing.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre marked me for life. My friends saw The Exorcist and from their state of mind when they came back I was glad I hadn't gone with them. I took my little brother to watch Earthquake (with Sensurround) and he was so scared he went and sat in the foyer! Poor kid!

Yeah - The Exorcist did me in (I was about 15 at the time). Also watched all the original Zombie Flesh Eater films, The Evil Dead, The Omen, Poltergeist, stuff like that. We would just go to the local video shop and get two films each time (they used to do a mid-week deal of two-for-one) and spent our summer after finishing our CSEs/O Levels just watching them.

I'll be going. Just re-reading the book to refresh my memory.

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Just watched the trailer.... so nope.
Waaaaay too scary looking for me.

I did jump a few times in the cinema. It was full and heard a few screams. Glad Im not a cat lover.

Big fan of Stephen King, haven't read Pet Semetary, that looks pretty dark.

I'm still scarred from Salem's Lot when I was about 11yo. Watched it up to the bit where the little boy vampire is hovering outside the window and noped the hell out of there.

I hate those freaky kids from the shining. Almost shat myself when they randomly appeared in the film Twister. Always prefer watching horrors at home for some reason, so I’ll wait until it’s available to rent from one of the streaming services.

I saw the first one not long after it first came out, and its ‘campness’ made it hard to take seriously. This one, on the other hand, looks like it could be properly disturbing.

Just watched the trailer and (to me) it looked almost as camp as I remember the original to be. Except this one looks like low-camp, ie taking itself super-seriously yet appears to be every bit a cliche with knobs on. Weird kids in scary masks are scary tho. Lifted right from The Wicker Man?

I was going to see it, yet sadly the trailer has put me off, and for all the wrong reasons. Also left with the feeling that the 2.5 min trailer has shown me 85% of the flipping fillum! Harumph. So that means there's only the punchline left.

Sincerely,

Grumplestiltskin

taking itself super-seriously

Apparently it doesn't - it's got a few gags thrown in too.

Is Steve in it again?

That trailer has given away too much plot.

1. Sematary brings back the dead.
2. Kid dies.
3. Dad brings kid back from the dead.
4. Things go wrong.

Surely
1. Sematary brings back the dead.
2. Things go wrong.

Would have been enough.

No way ..way too scary ..
I'm taking the missus for a spot of lunch and then going to see "What Men Want" at the Odeon Metrocentre today ..which could be as equally scary !
( her choice by the way ..)

I liked the trailer, but don't handle horror films very well, so will pass. I'm still working my way through all the 80s classics which are much less scary, so I can cope with them. Watched Friday the 13th last night for the first time...

Surely
1. Sematary brings back the dead.
2. Things go wrong.

Would have been enough.

I don't agree - you need to see what things coming back from the dead might involve and I don't think it gives a great deal away really (and a great deal of people will know the story anyway, so they will see there is a twist from the original book). I still want to see it but don't in equal measures!

I am going to see it tonight - it got four stars in the Guardian, which is the bar as far as I am concerned.

I read the book years ago and have seen the first cinematic rendering, so I know the plot anyway. I hope they aren't too cruel to the zombie cat, I don't think I can take much of that!

And, anything with John Lithgow in is worth a watch.

And, anything with John Lithgow in is worth a watch.

And they have a funny referencing his film career too 🙂

But then, transferring Stephen King to the screen is a tough job

Is it? Stand By Me, The Shining, Dead Zone, Misery, Carrie, Shawshank Redemption... etc. seem to have done ok.

^ Christine too

I was going to see it, yet sadly the trailer has put me off, and for all the wrong reasons. Also left with the feeling that the 2.5 min trailer has shown me 85% of the flipping fillum! Harumph. So that means there’s only the punchline left.

I saw a very long trailer before watching Us, that left me with the feeling I have seen all the film, however I really enjoyed It last year so will probably head to the cinema to see it.

DezB -
Is it? Stand By Me, The Shining, Dead Zone, Misery, Carrie, Shawshank Redemption… etc. seem to have done ok.

Many would say (and I'd be one of them 🙂 ) that, with the exceptions of Stand By Me and Shawshank (and the unmentioned Green Mile), those are average at best. Pretty sure neither Kubrick nor King were happy with The Shining, Misery was half decent but Carrie was so-so and Dead Zone was pretty poor.

^ Christine too

🙂

Just Google'd films made from his books and I'm stunned how many there've been - Cujo, Children Of The Corn, Firestarter, Cat's Eye, Maximum Overdrive, the original Pet Semetary and The Running Man I've seen, and they are uniformly gash. As much as I'm a fan of his books, I gave up on most of his films after that.

Do the Ramones still write the feem toon and sing the feem toon?

The Running Man I’ve seen, and they are uniformly gash.

Whoa there Pondo! The others I’m with you 100% but the running man is classic 80’s cheese. It has nothing in common with the book, but is worth it for the one liners and quilted Bruce Lee jumpsuits.

Whoa there Pondo! The others I’m with you 100% but the running man is classic 80’s cheese. It has nothing in common with the book, but is worth it for the one liners and quilted Bruce Lee jumpsuits.

Now - I will say that my chief dissatisfaction is with how far it wanders from the plot of the book, as the original story is a truly fantastic but far darker dystopian vision - in comparison, the film's a cheery, brightly-lit Schwarzenegger vehicle (which I'm not against per se) in the style of a cartoon. That said, it's still gash in a "I know I'm gash but hey, that's not a crime, is it?" kind of way. 🙂

So - has anyone actually seen this yet!

Just wondering whether it's worth a trip to the cinema. Reviews seem to be poor.

Many would say (and I’d be one of them 🙂 ) that, with the exceptions of Stand By Me and Shawshank (and the unmentioned Green Mile), those are average at best. Pretty sure neither Kubrick nor King were happy with The Shining, Misery was half decent but Carrie was so-so and Dead Zone was pretty poor.

And many would disagree with you (and I'd be one of them).

[i]As much as I’m a fan of his books[/i]
There's the rub - I was a fan of his books, when I was a teenager. The films have lasted better imo.
(Except Green Mile, which has Tom Hanks in it.)

Tracey's seen it apparently, so maybe a review will be forthcoming?
Mind you.... Everyone likes different things so maybe just go and see it, then tell me that it was really scary so I was right in not going.

The little kid in n the original scared the hell out of me! Little evil basket!