Pegasus7 Review of Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary (2019)

Really disappointing, no better than original and quite pointless....

[5/10 · 21 August 2019]

I had such high hopes for this film when I head that John Lithgow had been cast as Jud Crandall. I was also hoping that they would 'correct' some of the original film, add in the parts that were left out, for example, Jud's wife Normal Crandall, and more of Louis's relationship with his in-laws. However, they actually changed the story completely by making Ellie, the daughter, the one who is killed in the road. They invent a completely different storyline by having Ellie bury her mother (not Louis), and also insinuate that Jud had buried his wife Norma there! It really becomes a different story, and a little ridiculous. There is no backstory of Timmy Baterman (except in the 'extras' section of the dvd), the Zelda backstory is completely wrong, and they even changed the name of Jud's dog Spot. I was SO disappointed in this remake, it could have been so much better. It's not clever or original to change the story, it just leaves true fans of the novel shouting at the screen like I was. They could have improved on the original movie, but even that was truer to the book than this. John Lithgow could have been great with a better script. A wasted opportunity.