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Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

dark and bleak atmosphere; explores grief and loss; frightening concept; psychologically heavy

Aggregated Pros
  • Dark and bleak atmosphere
  • Explores grief and loss
  • Frightening concept
Aggregated Cons
  • Psychologically heavy

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u/redditor · r/80s

“Pet Sematary (1989) is a great movie, and an ever greater book. It's dark, it's haunting, and its creepy as hell!”

r/80s · r/80s - Pet Sematary (1989) is one of the creepiest movies .… →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“Pet Sematary is, IMO, King's most frightening book because it deals with the total destruction and loss of love. The people we hold most dear ...”

r/stephenking · Pet Sematary is way more messed up than I expected →
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u/redditor · r/horror

“Spot came back but attacked his mother. Then spot died in his sleep again and he buried him in Pet Sematary. The only thing I can really say is ...”

r/horror · Pet Semetery bloodlines : r/horror →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“I love the first pet sematary movie ‍♀️ I didn't find it that campy (except maybe the Zelda scenes). I thought it was genuinely creepy and ...”

r/stephenking · is the pet sematary book scarier than the movies? →
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u/redditor · r/horror

“I thought the acting was terrible to the point where I laughed at many points during the movie. Pet Sematary has not aged well at all. There are ...”

r/horror · Just watched Pet Sematary (1989); mostly disappointed →
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u/redditor · r/horrorlit

“Stephen King books have some excellent narrators. Hall did great with Pet Sematary and Steven Weber did excellent with It.”

r/horrorlit · Pet Sematary Audiobook is amazing : r/horrorlit →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“You may have to put it down for a bit after some parts, but I highly recommend it. ... “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines” is a Weird, Unnecessary Prequel ...”

r/stephenking · Pet Sematary Question (No Spoilers Please) : r/stephenking →
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u/redditor · r/horror

“"Is the 2019 version of Pet Sematary any better?" In my opinion it isn't but I'm biased because I like the 1989 film. I've also not read the ...”

r/horror · Pet Sematary (1989) is one of the most disappoiting films I'… →
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u/redditor · r/horrorlit

“There's a lot to love in Pet Sematary! I liked a lot of it. Was mostly frustrated because of how much I wanted to love it and how on board I was ...”

r/horrorlit · Some thoughts on Pet Sematary : r/horrorlit →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“disappointed? i enjoyed reading the book. just felt like it ... Always thought this would be perfect cover art for Pet Sematary · r ...”

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u/redditor · r/horror

“I read Stephen King's original novel and I loved it, watched this movie and actually thought it was damn good. However, I haven't seen the original 1989 ...”

r/horror · What did you think of Pet Sematary (2019) and why? : r/horro… →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“Just watched Pet Sematary: Bloodlines... ... My overall impression is "meh". It could have been good but it just felt very empty. It was ...”

r/stephenking · Just watched Pet Sematary: Bloodlines... : r/stephenking →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“I am really interested since I love dark stories, the first book i've read by King was Elevation and after that I became OBSESSED. I went on and bought ...”

r/stephenking · Do you guys recommend Pet Sematary? : r/stephenking →
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u/redditor · r/stephenking

“Just finished Pet Sematary for the first time! Incredibly dark and a constant theme of death. I enjoyed it! r/stephenking.”

r/stephenking · I just finished Pet Sematary and I want to talk about it →
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u/redditor · r/horrorlit

“It's fantastic. It's hard not to call “It” my favorite, but Pet Sematary is very close. It's a tight story, and it definitely hits you in the ...”

r/horrorlit · I read 'Pet Sematary' by Stephen King, and I have to say it'… →
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u/redditor · r/horror

“It didn't work because the theme of Pet Sematary is grief- what grief can make you do. We saw every character's heartbreak, even Rachel's ...”

r/horror · The "Pet Sematary" remake didn't work because it went in ... →
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u/redditor · r/horror

“The remake of PET SEMATARY didn't work. The biggest criticism the original got was that it wasn't faithful enough to the source yet the remake ...”

r/horror · The remake of PET SEMATARY didn't work. The biggest ... →
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