Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #117: Pet Semetary

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 1989

Format: DVD

Pet Semetary. This is a DVD i had been wanting to see again for a while. The movie is based on the novel from Stephen King the master of horror. In general, King's books dont translate well to movie format. I have to say this is not the case here as in last movie from King i reviewed (review #100 The mist) excellent result as a movie. This movie from director, Mary lambert who also did part 2 of the same movie as well as directed many famous music videos. Although it is now 21years old it is still effective as a solid horror movie.

With a good casting including Dale Midkiff as Dr Creed the main protagonist, Fred Gwynne as his front neighbor (he played Frankeinstein in the 60's Munsters) and Denise Crosby (worshipped by trekkies for her role as Tasha Yar) we should not forget the excellent work done by the two Creed kids played by Miko Hugues and Blaze Berdhal. The actor play is fairly good but the script and story make it fly. The special effects are now a bit dated but were excellent fo the time and definitely set a creepy mood for the film. An entertaining movie with a moral to boot. The film relates the story of a family moving to a new house in the country side which is adjacent to a pet cemetary. The trick is that behind it lies an old indian graveyard which has the power to bring back from the dead any creature buried there. The catch is that they come back with a different attitude than when they left. A series of murders ensues misuse of the powers of this graveyard... whoooo. Still creeps me out after all these years. This is a truly scary movie which really trasnlates properly the moods of the Stephen King novels. Gotta see once at least.

Pet semetary est un film tiré d'un livre de Stephen King le roi du macabre américain. Ce film et The mist (revue #100) sont deux des films qui reproduisent le mieux l'atmosphère des livres de King. Ce qui n'est pas souvent le cas, car plusieurs films ont été produits à partir de ses livres avec un niveau de succès qui varie beaucoup. La distribution est excellente: Dale Midkiff dans le rôle de Dr Creed personnage principal, Fred Gwynne dans le rôle du voisin (il a joue Frankeinstein dans les années 60 dans les Munsters) et Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar dans Star Trek TNG) dans le rôle de madame Creed. Il ne faut pas oublier le bon travail fait par Miko Hugues et Blaze Berdhal dans le rôle des enfants Creed.

Ce film a une atmosphère du tonnerre et un suspense qui augmente rapidement. C'est vraiment un bon film d'horreur qui vous glacera le sang. Le film relate l'histoire d'une famille qui emménage dans une nouvelle maison dans la campagne qui avoisine un cimetière pour les animaux familiers. Le secret local est qu'il y a un cimetière indien très ancien juste derrière avec le pouvoir fantastique de faire revenir d'entre les morts les créatures qui y sont enterrées. Lorsque notre bon docteur Creed se met a utiliser ce cimetière de façon hors de contrôle, une série de morts s'en suit... j'en ai encore le frisson.
Ce film est a voir pour tous les amateurs du genre ou pas, mais 16 et plus s.v.p..

Great quotes:

Jud Crandall: It's that damn road!
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Jud Crandall: [to Louis] It's your cat now.
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Louis Creed: Has anyone ever buried a person up there?
Jud Crandall: Christ on his throne no. Who ever would?
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[Talking on the phone] Gage: First I play with Judd, then Mommy came, and I play with Mommy. We play Daddy! We had a awfully good time! Now, I want to play with YOU!
Louis Creed: What did you do?
Gage: HE HA!
Louis Creed: What did you do?
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Victor Pascow: I'm sorry Louis! I'm so sorry, but don't make it worse! DON'T!
Louis Creed: I waited too long with Gage, but with Rachel! It will work this time, because she just died, SHE JUST DIED A LITTLE WHILE AGO!

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/fullcredits#cast

Rating perso: 7.5/10