The original 1989 Pet Sematary terrified me back in the day. I was hopeful this new taken on the Stephen King novel would be good, but it fell entirely too flat. 1.) No one will ever match the eerieness of Fred Gwynn in the original. Lithgow does his best with what he is given. However, the friendship between Jud and Louis is mostly disregarded here. There is next to no character development. 2.) The tension between Louis and Rachel is lacking. 3.) The scariest part of the original for me was Zelda. Here, she is just plain LAME. Not scary at all. 4.) The atmosphere is superficial and it doesn't give a real sense of terror and agony that this family should be going through. 5.) The ending was just awful. Too rushed and in no way did it pack the same punch as the original. Spoiled twist or not. It was bad. 6.) Pascow- I don't know why they even bothered including him. I have to give them props, however, for finding an actress to play Ellie who wasn't totally grating on the ears and soul. She was the bright spot in this movie. Overall, it just didn't deliver what it promised.
Review of Pet Sematary
