A Pet Semetary (2019) Review
When choosing to see Pet Semetary on opening night I was quite excited. A brand new *reboot* Stephen King based horror movie, with the fond memories of IT and the excitement for IT Part 2 later this year I was beyond ready for a good scare. Sadly this adaptation didn’t live up to King’s name. The movie stayed true to the concept of the original book with the semetary itself as well as how certain events happened, however, it was with the liberties that the director took that made the movie fall flat.
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The special effects were phenomenal, seeing Zelda’s (Alyssa Brooke Levine) spine and her agony really came across strong throughout the movie. However the directors didn’t really do anything with her. At first we are made to feel bad for Rachel (Amu Seimetz) since she’s forced to take care of her sister who hates her because she is healthy. However, towards the end of the film she says she was happy when her sister died, making us no longer feel pity towards her. After the death of Zelda, nothing is done with it except flashbacks and jump scares. Throughout the film we can see Louis (Jason Clarke) cares about his practice through his grief when Victor Pascow (Obssa Ahmed) died. However, besides his child’s death, there is no real reason to feel bad for him. There’s no real reason to care about any of these characters.
If you pay full attention and know the source material you’ll be able to tell that a Windigo is the thing possessing people when they’re buried in the cemetery. However that isn’t really explained through dialogue. Nothing ever gets explained and the directors kind of almost hope that you know the book and it hurts the story.
Overall I would give the movie a 4/10, subpar at best.
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