MonsterVision99 I finally got around to watch this after seeing it being broadcasted in TV almost every month as a kid, everyone I know has seen this movie and for a while I felt like I needed to see it all the way through, it turned out to be better than I remember (I had only seen parts of it on TV) but its still nothing special.Its somewhat well made, its quite charming, and the atmosphere really sucks you into the film and gets you in the right mood to enjoy it, that's probably why I gave it a good rating, its enjoyable to watch but in retrospect its not really all that great, it could fall apart very fast if you think about it too much.I like that it has enough balls to show things that you wouldn't usually see in a mainstream horror movie at the time. The acting isn't always the best, the characters could be a bit annoying, many things happen in a very convenient way just to get the story going, I don't think this movie knows what it wants to be, its tone its kind of confusing at times and the ending its pretty crappy. Overall, a good time with enough heart and enough suspense to make it worthwhile.

david-sarkies I'm not sure if it is my age, or if it is that Hollywood has fresh run out of ideas but it feels as if they simply don't make films like this anymore. Okay, I would hardly call it the perfect film – far from it – but compared to a lot of the mind numbing films out there this film is simply superb. Basically it is the tragedy of a doctor who has moved out to the new England countryside, and it certainly is a tragedy – as one death after another haunts him we see him descend further and further into a madness rocked by grief until he commits a sin so horrendous that it ends in his death. I remember a teacher telling me that the sign of a good tragedy is when you want to scream out to the protagonist to stop but you are powerless and simply end up watching his (or her) descent.Basically he moves to this house and just down a path is a cemetery where pets are buried. He lives on a road that has trucks endlessly roaring down it, which is why there are so many pets buried in the place. However, when his daughter's cat is killed the neighbour shows him another place where if the dead are buried they return to life – but they are changed. The thing is that the dead basically want to stay dead, and when they are yanked out of that peaceful rest they are simply not happy at all – as is the case with the cat.However, grief makes people do stupid things – they simply don't think clearly, and in the throws of grief will lash out and attempt to change the past. The thing with the past is that it simply cannot be changed. Even though it may seem possible to make things right, the more we attempt to make them right, the worse things turn out, so when his life descends into a fit of despair he starts to make decisions that have enormous repercussions. The thing is that it isn't as if he is a bad person – far from it – he is just a normal man who has suffered a great loss, and seeing the opportunity to rectify it he does so, with horrendous consequences.The great thing about this film is that it is focused entirely on the protagonist – it is his story, and it is his descent. Okay, I haven't read the book, but it is something that I would want to attempt to do sometime in the future (if I am able to get my hands on a copy). Actually, I remember watching this film multiple times when I was much younger, so you could probably imagine my joy when I discovered that it was actually on television again.As I mentioned, it isn't a perfect movie, but it certainly ages well. Okay, the lack of modern technology, such as mobile phones, certainly stands out, but that isn't the biggest problem. In part it seems to descend into a slasher flick at the end, but I guess that is the purpose of the film. However, I certainly wouldn't call it a slasher flick, namely because such films have a group of protagonists being killed one by one, and that isn't the case here. However, since it does fall into the horror genre the film makers do make an attempt to ramp up the blood and gore, which isn't necessary at points.The other things that got me is that there seemed to be this friendly ghost – Pascal – but while he spends a lot of time apparently helping the wife, this seems to come to naught. In part he pops in and out to warn people, but in another sense he seems to be leading them, or at least the wife, to her death. The other thing is that he seems to haunt other characters, so I'm am not entirely sure of the nature, purpose, or even need of that particular character. However, for an older film, it is certainly one worth watching, even though it has probably drifted into the mists of history.

xXMetalrockeRXx One thing i admire in this movie is the themes it attempts to explore, and even though i find those themes very intense and terrifying, this film just doesn't translate it in the correct way. Yes, its a film that does try to be good. You can tell that everyone involved with it did what they could to make a good movie. Unfortunately the result was way less than awe-inspiring.While i don't consider this to be a "bad film", it is very lacking. The direction is... okay. What disappointed me the most was its complete lack of suspense. The editing is sometimes very choppy and that doesn't help either when you are trying to build up tension. The other thing is the writing. Now, I am a Stephen King fan, but every time i see that he wrote a screenplay... i get sacred. Because both times I've gotten very excited about that, I've been let down. King does try to stay faithful to his novel by almost never straying from the original story-line, which i appreciated, but some of it just doesn't translate to film that well.In the end, this is a perfectly enjoyable one-time watch. And also i can understand if you love this movie, because it has very good guilty pleasure potential, but in my humble opinion, the film is sadly unremarkable. 5.5/10

DrMiguel-DeLeon It's usually unfair to compare a film to the original book, so that will not be attempted. Rather, taking Pet Sematary at face value, it's a good story: young doctor and family move to Maine, meet a wizened neighbour, but then get into trouble because the ground is sour. Like a number of King stories, the area/town itself contains evil forces, or supernatural forces that end up evil. In a late career role, Fred Gwynne does an excellent job with the New England accent, not always done well by others. Good use of an unspoken tension between husband and wife, but not a lot of exposition on why it's there. She should've been frigid, but they have two children....Stephen King stories, like the films of Harold Ramis, often suffer from the same debilitating problem: unraveling, cheesy plot and/or effects at the end. A toddler of about three years wielding a scalpel without nicking himself? An unidentifiable malaise coming over the doctor, causing very serious lapses in judgment? A giant Munster of a man unable to withstand fatal attack by said toddler? The old man's house inexplicably turning mouldy and rotten within hours?However, it's pretty good. The cheese factor makes it a good time, and not terribly deep. But then again, who really makes "deep" horror?