After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe role of Zelda, Rachel's terminally ill sister, was played by a man. DirectorMary Lambertwanted Zelda and her scenes to frighten the audience but did not believe that a 13-year old girl was scary so she castAndrew Hubatsekin the role to make something be "off about Zelda."
- Goofs(at around 5 mins) When Louis is checking on Ellie after she fell off the tire swing he is wearing a tee shirt without a collar and sleeves that are rolled up midway past his elbow. When Rachel gets up to rush after Gage his tee shirt is now an open shirt with stripes and a collar. In the next shot when he gets up to follow Rachel his shirt is once again back to a tee shirt.
- Quotes
Jud Crandall:Sometimes, dead is better.
- Alternate versionsTelevision censors of some of the film's gorier moments included alternate shots from different angles that hide the more graphic images. This especially came into play with the Timmy Baterman scenes and the film's finale in the Creeds' kitchen.
- ConnectionsFeatured inThe Ramones: Pet Sematary(1989)
- SoundtracksPet Sematary
ByDee Dee Ramone&Daniel Rey
Performed byRamones
Produced byJean Beauvoir&Daniel Rey
Courtesy of Sire Records Company
Featured review
Pet Sematary is a very good horror film and believe it or not somebody can make a good horror film out of a Stephen King novel. Mary Lambert does a great job with this film and manages to bring across King's creepy story pretty well. Most people may avoid this, but they should check it out.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- El cementerio maldito
- Filming locations
- Hancock, Maine, USA(The Creeds home)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $11,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $57,469,467
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,046,179
- Apr 23, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $57,470,138
- Runtime1hour43minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85: 1
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