The Horror Homeroom crew rarely agrees completely on a film but in this case, we’re unanimous in our criticism of the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. From its privileging of male grief via the systematic erasure of adult female characters to its deeply misguided use of the Wendigo, this film had us wondering if perhaps dead is better when it comes to horror remakes.
And here’s a list of some of what we referenced in the podcast!
“25 Things We Learned from the Pet Sematary Commentary.” Film School Rejects, 14 June 2017.
Dickey, Colin. “Why Pet Sematary Refuses to Die.” The New Republic, 11 April 2019.
Keetley, Dawn. “Pet Sematary as Folk Gothic.” Horror Homeroom, 7 April 2019.
Kölsch, Kevin and Dennis Widmyer. “Starry Eyes“. Snowfort Pictures, 2014.
Yamato, Jen. “Original Pet Sematary director Mary Lambert on Madonna and Stephen King meetings at Denny’s.” Los Angeles Times, 4 April 2019.
We talk about Mary Lambert’s 1989 Pet Sematary on our earlier podcast, so you can see why we like it more.
You can stream Mary Lambert’s superior 1989 Pet Sematary here:
And the novel is one of Stephen King’s best:
