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. Director Mary Lambert wanted Zelda and her scenes to frighten the audience but did not believe that a 13-year old girl was scary so she cast Andrew Hubatsek in 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 in The Ramones: Pet Sematary (1989)
- SoundtracksPet Sematary
By Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey
Performed by Ramones
Produced by Jean Beauvoir & Daniel Rey
Courtesy of Sire Records Company
Featured review
I originally saw this in my mid teens, and made a mental note myself that it 'wasn't that good' - which in turn made me forget it.
I read the book for the 1st time 2 weeks back and LOVED IT!, so I thought I'd give the movie a try again to see how it fared.
I am 36 now and i thought It was actually pretty good!
Still quite spooky for its age, (especially on your own at night) stayed pretty close to the book too! I actually thought the scary characters in the film were more scary than they were in the book.
One of Kings better film adaptations (apart from stand by me & the green mile)
Definitely worth a watch for horror fans!
7.5 out of 10
I read the book for the 1st time 2 weeks back and LOVED IT!, so I thought I'd give the movie a try again to see how it fared.
I am 36 now and i thought It was actually pretty good!
Still quite spooky for its age, (especially on your own at night) stayed pretty close to the book too! I actually thought the scary characters in the film were more scary than they were in the book.
One of Kings better film adaptations (apart from stand by me & the green mile)
Definitely worth a watch for horror fans!
7.5 out of 10
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
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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