Pet Sematary - classic or dud?

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See, I KNOW it's a crap film. The acting is some of the worst in any horror film ever, the dialogue is laugh-out loud hilarious, and the little kid and the cat coming back from the dead are about as scary as one of those plastic spider rings. That said, I always found the flashback scenes - specifically the sister , Zelda, and the story recounted by Herman Munster of the first guy who comes back, who keeps saying "Hate Living!" - scary as shit. Gave me many nightmares as a young Roger. I'm about to watch it on TV right now for the second time in my adult life - should I just go to sleep so I'm well rested for work and my doctor's appointment tomorrow?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The book is better, in my opinion. The movie follows the book very closely (at least as much as possible for a 90-minute movie), but is a piece of crap.

That's my opinion.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, hell, I'm watchin' it. I gotta say, I'd forgotten how fantastic an actor Fred Gwynn was. Maybe it's the contrast between his obvious capability and the abhorrent (worse than i remembered) acting of the rest of the cast, but he really does a great job.

Christ, that little girl is the WORST.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 22 June 2004 05:14 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

totally scared of the sister flashback in this movie

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 2 December 2012 14:14 (thirteen years ago)

thought of it for no reason last night as i was falling asleep and was like GUH

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 2 December 2012 14:15 (thirteen years ago)

so roger adultery otm

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 2 December 2012 14:16 (thirteen years ago)

nine months pass...

God this movie is dumb. So much of how they shot it looks like they had just watched Evil Dead II beforehand.

I had forgotten how much fun Pascow is having in this movie and how tonally off he is from everything else.

― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Sunday, 22 September 2013 07:16 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndklLbTBg6k

dead by dawn DEAD BY DAWWWWWN

― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Sunday, 22 September 2013 23:40 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndklLbTBg6k

― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Sunday, 22 September 2013 23:40 (twelve years ago)

my mom forced me to watch this movie when i was 7 after our dog had just died. gave me nightmares for weeks.

― Spectrum, Monday, 23 September 2013 00:04 (twelve years ago)

Can't explain why but Herman Munster walking through an empty house and going "Gage? Gage?" still cracks me up a little.

― pplains, Monday, 23 September 2013 00:49 (twelve years ago)

Gage?

― pplains, Monday, 23 September 2013 00:49 (twelve years ago)

my mom forced me to watch this movie when i was 7 after our dog had just died. gave me nightmares for weeks.

I saw this in the theater when it came out and I remember as I was leaving there was a family in front of me with a 7- or 8-year-old girl who was sobbing into her father's shoulder, and I was appalled and amazed that anyone would take a child to it.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 23 September 2013 00:57 (twelve years ago)

three years pass...

this is one of the catchiest ramones songs

― Treeship, Sunday, 6 November 2016 16:10 (nine years ago)

"i don't want to live my life again" is such a mysterious, profound line for a band approaching the end of their career

― Treeship, Sunday, 6 November 2016 16:13 (nine years ago)

I've heard two people over the last few years cite the greatness of Fred Gwynne's performance in the first PS film, but the film just looks too icky for me.

― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 6 November 2016 17:22 (nine years ago)

The death of gage is one of the funniest scenes of all time

― did we ever get wizz sorted (wins), Sunday, 6 November 2016 20:39 (nine years ago)

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