Pet Semataryreveals first trailer
It plays like a bad dream.
Masked children in the woods.
A gruesome specter in the shadows.
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Heres a look at the creepier moments in the new film.
The Creed family arrives at their new home in the Maine woods.
The first jump scare is not supernatural.
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Its the roar of an Orinco oil truck, surging down the quiet road behind them.
Rachel hugs her little toddler Gage tight.
There are many dangers here.
Some of them are ancient and unknowable.
Some have 18 wheels.
He plays god every day.
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Life or death confronts him constantly.
He thinks if he can only understand something, he can control it.
The word for that is hubris.
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There are a couple instances of this ritual on display.
The kids sometimes get up to their unsettling activities at night.
The drummer in the cat mask is carrying a small, dead being on a pillow.
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They also apparently creep into each other’s homes as they gather for these unusual burials.
Grown-ups do the same.
Here, we see Jud leading Louis to the resurrection grounds.
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There is no pillow or wheelbarrow this time.
The family cat, Winston Churchill, is being ferried to his resting place in a plastic garbage bag.
Not-so-spoiler warning: Church won’t rest there for long.
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Here we see the reanimated cat displaying a newfound viciousness toward his beloved Ellie.
In this shot, the toddler looks over his mother’s shoulder with wide eyes.
He sees a figure in the shadows.
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Something horrific and hurt.
Nature toppled those trees to keep people away.
When Louis awakens, he throws back the covers to see this.
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It wasn’t a dream at all.
Jud is a tragic figure.
A loner who rediscovers companionship by becoming a surrogate father and grandfather to the Creeds.
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There are some inexplicable shots in the trailer.
Images meant to evoke dread, without explanation.
Who is this mystery woman who has left her iron burning?
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The novel featured Jud’s wife, Norma, in failing health.
This could be either of them.
Nope, nothing wrong here.
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This shot is not an image of the dead returning to life.
It is acting like Louis himself returning from the resurrection grounds.
He’s alone, no Jud this time.
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(Readers know what this means.)
Louis has been through hell and not quite back again.
The new version ofPet Semataryopens on April 5.
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