Its decent enough, I guess.
Fortunately, directing duo Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer get everything absolutely right in their bone-chillingly effective new remake.
When bad things happen to them (and they will), were invested because theyre our surrogates.
Credit: Kerry Hayes/Paramount Pictures
Their horrors could just as easily be our horrors with a slight twist of bad luck.
The writer of the newPet Sematary, Jeff Buhler, gets that.
Jason Clarke stars as Louis Creed, a Boston E.R.
But the place has two not insignificant drawbacks.
One, its set on a road where speeding 18-wheelers barrel along without warning.
That may all seem harmless enough.
Theres one small thing I guess that Ive forgotten to mention about the Creed family.
A small thing that will turn out to have big ramifications.
The family has a fifth member: A fluffy cat named Church, who Ellie is deeply attached to.
At least, thats the plan.
Oh, hes about to find out…
The burial ground has mystical, double-edged sword powers of resurrection.
But Church 2.0 wont be the same cat that they all remembered.
Its for all intents and purposes a zombie cat.
Eventually, you may find yourself laughing because the alternative is to dig your fingernails into your armrest.
Thats because of the films standard horror movie jump and jolts and misdirections, of course.
But its also because Kings supernatural story is rooted in a pretty heady meditation on grief.
It would be churlish to give too much away about what happens in the deliciously dark homestretch ofPet Sematary.
Emphasis ontry.B+
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