Pet Sematary (2019) - Movie Review
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2019
- Sometimes dead is better...but sometimes Hollywood won't let a classic lay in rest. The latest Stephen King classic to be given the modern Hollywood greenlight is Pet Sematary. The 1989 film is not only my favorite Stephen King adaptation but it''s one of my favorite horror films of all time. Does this modern retelling deliver the scares or am I left with grief and mourning for what could have been?
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No actor could have topped Dale Midkiff falling down and screaming over Gage. I'm not sure they could have found an actor to touch that performance. That shit turned my blood cold.
CatrinaDollsAndSugarSkulls yes!! That movie really got the emotion and the horror of loss right! Even as I kid that hit me hard . Then when he saw racheal when she came back and he literally looked like he couldn’t see anything wrong with her , like half her damn head wasn’t bleeding. His performance was pretty damn good when it came to that big stuff
CatrinaDollsAndSugarSkulls right? I think that scene gets harder to watch as I have gotten older because I have had nieces gages age and I think about them that little when I watch it and when he screams, “ noooooooo! OMG! You can feel his grief. That was real! My nieces are older now, but still… I think about them that young and how tragic that event would be.
Thank you he doesn't deserve the hate
@Undead zombie he's not that bad
Dale Midcaf
Even in shirt form Zelda is scary
@brett linthicum really?
I was fascinated with horror movies since I was 6. Zelda was one of the few characters to scare me
@@moxiemaxie3543 to this day if she randomly pops up in my head I’ll be on edge for the rest of the night and I’m 26
Arguably the scariest side character of all time
3 main jump scares.
1. Lorry.
2. Lorry
3. Elevator Zelda
That's it.
I'm viewing this movie as "Pet Sematary 3" honestly
Plus, WHERE'S TIMMY BATERMAN?!
Yeah huge omission
In the newspaper article. At least he got a mention. :(
I heard that they may be considering covering the Baterman story as a type of prequel, with its own movie, rather than giving this one a sequel
@@owenfeye6061 I would definitely go see that. I wish they explored Timmy's Story more.
It was a huge omission for the simple fact that it was important to have that in there because that was the warning for Lewis not to bury anything human in that burial ground. I have heard rumblings that there may be a prequel? So maybe we actually see that story play out.
In the book, louis was also pretty much agnostic. Rachael on the other hand, the subject of death was just off limits. She flipped out whenever it was mentioned
Modern horror is just a bunch of jump scare scenes clumped together. The 1989 film tries to draw you in!
there are no dumb jumpscares in this one... i'm sure you didn't watch it...
@Undead zombie do you like anything?
@AngeAlexiel Do you still stand by this opinion?
Your shirt is awesomely terrifying. I agree with you it was missing the grief
Zelda’s still the scariest thing about Pet Semetary.
So far , the best review of this film that I've seen. Nice . Subs !
Spoilers
Pascow's actions in the first film was largely an invention for that version. Loius thinks a lot about the guys death and he dwells on the dream but the helpful part of Pascow really wasn't in the novel. Actually, the novel's ending was not so much rushed but it was a smaller part of the story than I remembered it when I listened to the audiobook recently.
I have my tickets to tomorrow so hopefully I like it. As for other King remakes, how about a better version of the Gunslinger Series that actually focussed on the stories of the individual novels and I hope the Stand works out.
I always love your reviews. I didn't want a remake of this movie but I will check it out for free at the library.
Just saw it. John Lithgow was great and they didn’t try that Maine accent which was a plus. Some similarities some differences but unfortunately it fell short for me.
@Undead zombie he said "fell", not "was".
@Undead zombie Ummm, yeah it does dude. "It fell short for me" doesn't mean that the movie was short in length, it means that it was a disappointment for him and that he expected much better than this crap, cuz it wasn't good enough.
@Undead zombie Ok, I understand, I respect your opinion, even though you don't seem to respect any opinion that isn't yours, based on what you said and replied to some comments here.
@Undead zombie Pointing out the problems with this movie and expressing our preferences doesn't mean we're bitching about it. Stop being so damn sensitive.
@Undead zombie "Talking shit"
Like you've been doing in this comment section? Like calling people retarded for not liking a movie? May I remind you that films are subjective.
I love John Lithgow, but Fred Gwynne just brought such a human reality to that part. You felt scared and nervous because he felt scared and nervous. You believed him. Gwynne was meant for that role. So I completely agree with you. The original dad was OK and I never loved Denise Crosby as the mom. Gauge was perfect though, even the daughter was almost perfect in the original. It is to bad to hear that this is not " IT ". But then again different writers, different director. I will see it even though it may not live up to the original. Thanks for another great and honest review. Love your channel.
@giftofgab247 the daughter was twins she was in a nightmare on Elm Street 3 the little girl in the yellow dress in the beginning she only had 10 lines fortunately
Did anyone notice during the Halloween scene that it looked like Maine in the middle of summer instead Maine in the middle of autumn 🤔 😂
Two possible remakes of Stephen King movies: Sometimes They Come Back and Sleepwalkers.
I still haven’t seen this remake, but I’m really excited. Great review!
I so looked forward to this movie and was disappointed. Everything felt rushed and there was no buildup, tension or an emotional attachment to the characters. The cat just looked like someone dumped a sticky substance on him and that he needed to be taken to a groomer.
The book is awesome. Make another Salem lot
Yes yes and yes....one of my all time favorites. Salems Lot is so under rated and never talked about.
@@bearr1942 they did a sci-fi channel remake I think
They weren't evil enough in the movie
Exuse me I ment they weren't evil in the book just kinda stupid
My stepdads always told me one of his first nightmares was of Zelda lol
I agree with everything you said. The ending I was like "wtf..."
She said she couldnt stop thinking about zelda since they arrived at the new house. Woods opening old wounds
good point!
The original pet sematary is my #2 all time favorite movie ever
What’s your number one?
@@colewarnerreviews5834 Texas chainsaw massacre… first horror movie o watched when I was 2yrs old hiding behind the couch watching it lol …
OMG THEY FILMED IT IN MY GRAND-PARENTS NEIGHBORS! ST-LAZARE QC!
the religious views happened in the old one and was much more emotional. The missed the mark for me, it went way to mainstream a fell far off the source material. The scenes seemed rushed and forced dialog, conversations happened for no reason for the sake of just trying to explain things as if the movie was trying to explain things for blind people. the original is still the best as far as material and acting. Like you said the original hit the mark on the emotional level , everytime I hear the father yell when gage dies sends chills through me everytime.
I know people don't like this film, but as the first horror film I watched it holds a special place in my heart and I will continue watching and enjoying it.
I have NEVER looked so forward to a film review as much as this review
Awesome. Hopefully I delivered
Awesome review dude! You are one of my absolute favorites! My thoughts are pretty similar.
I feel like the original Pet Sematary is really good to experience alone. With other people it kinda takes your mind out of the movie and doesn't allow that true terror to reach you.
You said everything That was in my head, but I couldn’t verbalize when I walked out of the theater! And YES, to Christine!!!
Great review Cody, brilliantly reviewed & perfectly summed up, a decent remake but still prefer the original.
Jason Clarke is in my opinion the weakest link he's a very bland monotone actor who lacks charisma & while John Lithgow was good as Jude he ain't on par with the late great Fred Gwynne emotional performance.
I would love to see Christine 🚗 remade!
I want to say...I really look forward to your horror movie reviews, Cody. You deserve more subscribers, with your quality content. Keep it up, man!
Thank you
I was considering seeing the movie today, but I’ll probably wait based on the reviews from you and Lee.
I would love to see a remake of Silver Bullet. There hasn’t been a good werewolf movie since The Wolfman...at least none that I am aware of.
My thoughts exactly! Couldn’t have said it any better
17:23 I don't get why studios think jumpscares actually scare people. They don't. People's reaction to them is quick shock because they don't expect them not fear. In films it gets more and more obvious when a jumpscare's coming anyway usually when there's an entire scene that's completely silent with no music.
Think I’ll wait for it to come out on video. Great review cody
Huge Pet Sematary fan here... I loved it, but I was surprised to see how many scenes from the trailers were cut from the film itself. I also would have liked for some of the scenes to be stretched out a bit. The ending was pretty badass though. Agree that Zelda and Pascow were underwhelming. I absolutely LOVED Ellie, though. That girl was made for this role.
They weren't cut they were taken from a different angle lol
Your eye twitched while saying this is "good" near the end of the review, lol. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm concerned. XD
“Yuck... kiss your own cat”
Bro, hit the nail on the head on everything I felt about this movie! Thank you!
Fuck, man. Between you and Lee I've realised I really need to analyse both again. All of a sudden your points make perfect sense.
I may have jumped the gun when I hinted that this remake was stronger.
Omg, all your thoughts on the actors and the emotion in the original are so spot on!! It’s exactly how I felt about it also
Yeah such a void in the remake
I only felt something for the mother after the daughter's resurrection. The mother's reaction to that situation was realistic. Thats it 😔
I want to see a remake of Christine. 100%
Nah. Like the original. No need for a remake.
Are you stupid? You want them to remake Christine? With what? A damn Prius? A fucking civic? Hell to the no.
They better keep the line about the best smell on earth after Christine
I 100% agree with you about Zelda. She was terrifying in the original. I thought she was still creepy in the remake but she didn't leave me hiding behind my hands like the original.
I've been noticing that people who love the original and think it is a classic horror masterpiece are tending to not like this movie very much. On the opposite end, people who don't have strong feelings towards the original seem to be enjoying it for the most part (this is the camp I'm in). I agree with a few of your negatives though, particularly regarding Zelda. It seemed like her primary purpose was to act as a vehicle for half of the movie's jump scares, and they could have done more with her.
Your review was spot on perfection. There is no more accurate review possible.
Completely agree with it all but especially that the first and 3rd act are the most important thing to making a movie. The 1st act grips us and the 3rd act leaves us talking. The 2nd act you shouldn't mess up but can and you will still have an affective movie as long as you don't mess up the 1st and 3rd acts. Which they did here. They done goofed.
I hope no one remakes Cujo. That was almost sheer perfection.
"I know what your thinking of doing. But they don't come back the same" I love that line in the trailer. I'm hopping to see pet semetery very soon.
The house made the wife think about Zelda more often. I think she mentioned that. But yeah its weird that she told her husband the full story just now.
The only negative thing I have to say about your review is that you accidentally used "pliable" (rather than "palpable") to describe the tension and atmosphere in some of the basement scenes... Everything else in this review was 100% on point... This film, however? The exact opposite. They got so many things wrong, and turning Zelda into a jump-scare machine is absolutely unforgivable.
I enjoyed it. The third acts twist really wasn't that big to me. I just didn't get into it as much as I wanted to. John Lightgow was good. Solid performance. Like you said he was no Fred Gwyne. I thought it was a descent enough remake. Still buy the blu-ray when it comes out. That's the collector's side of me. Lol
I agree with you; I kind of feel like because I only original, I have to have this one too. I liked it, and thought there were some things that this one did better than the original like church was scarier in this one, and other than the pacing being rushed near the end and some of the emotional components missing, I felt all and all it was a good remake. I didn’t mind the twist; in fact, I thought that was pretty creepy!The Repster - Movie Reviewer
It was pretty balsy. That's for sure. Buy didn't disappoint.
Just got out of this about a hour ago. Definitely appreciate how different it trys to be from the original. However, even after watching it, just makes me want to go back to the original immediately. And I just watched it before going to see the remake.
Yep it made me want to watch the original too
@@CodyLeachYT not to say the remake was bad. It had some good stuff to it. I liked the actors and the setting. There were some things that i was most intrigued with, like the information on the pet sematary and the wendingo. But, we didn't get enough of it really. Thought that was a missed opportunity. Zelda and Patscow were completely mishandled. Almost feeling generic. The atmosphere was there but it didn't have nowhere near as much creepy or unnerving as the original was. Like just some typical modern day horror movie. The original was so good at being it's own thing it didn't feel like anything we've seen before. That ending...where I didn't hate it, it was definitely the most disappointing part about this movie. It's just so sudden and just goes so quick that I took a second after the movie just to think,".....okay?" Overall, it was good, but rather disappointing for what it could have been
ZELDA ZELDA ZELDA GOD!!!!!!!!!!! SHE SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME IN THE FIRST MOVIE .... OH WOW!!!! THAT IS ANOTHER THING YOU COULD NEVER FORGET LOL JEEZ HOLY SHIT SHE WAS SCARY
I’m not sure if I saw the spoiler trailer. I did see one that seemed to suggest that they changed who comes back from the dead. If that’s true what a waste!
I'd love to see a new Netflix-like miniseries for The Stand. I liked the original, but it's dated.
I don’t know man, I think having it be Ellie in this movie (and I’m not worried about spoilers, the movie is over a year old now) works so much better. We watch her dance for her parents, we hear ler talk and we see her smile. She feels like our little sister and then bam, she’s gone. I just feel like it was more effective than Gage since he didn’t do much in either film. However, I don’t have any kids yet, so when I have a two or a three year old I’m sure this opinion will change.
I would have saw it tonight, but I'm going to wait. They need to remake silverbullet..
#loveyourTShirt
Most of this film does follow the novel pretty closely till towards the last act.
What novel did you read? Lmao
The Eternal Induction huh? 😂
It takes take changes yes but no once did I say it was a direct adaptation I highly recommend learning the meaning of (MOST)
@@stonegasman3866 You'll understand my issue with it once you read the book. The true horror of the book is the grief and soul shattering thoughts that pass through one's mind when a tragedy of that magnitude occurs. Also the characters were very bland, and they completely missed the mark on the entire point of Jud, and Louis's relationship. They made changes to the source material which is totally fine with me, but the changes they made made the story much weaker in comparison to the original film/novel. The acting might have been bad in the first movie but the themes were much more powerful in comparison to this new adaptation. In my humble opinion of course. ;)
@@stonegasman3866 Your completely wrong, the whole reason of adaptation is to bring on screen. If you actually believe the filmmaker doesn't owe the source material anything the he or she should do their own film instead then, your logic is completely flawed and partly why adaptation's fail alot times. Whether you like or not source material and adaptation will always be compared.
For years creators have even taken elements from the adaptations add to their ongoing source material. My point source material and adaptations are closely related you can't completely separate them. For example Batman grappler hook was featured first in Batman 1989 and was added in the comics later. If creators thought like you there would be no improvement.
Great review Cody.I think someone should do a movie version of King's "Duma Key".I love the original "Pet Sematary" for all the reasons you and Lee love it;so I'm interested to see if I will like this remake(like you someone spoiled the twist for me darn it;which is why I have reservations).
I couldnt agree more Cody! The final act feels extremely rushed! Ugh.
I never watch trailers anymore...
It was stupid for them to include that twist In the trailers
Cody Starry Eyes is so good! It did not sound like a movie for me, i was blown away. Cant wait for your review.
I just read the book and watched the remake. As a huge fan of the lore and canon of Pet Sematary, I implore you to open the book. It's a beautiful piece on grief and absolutely chilling to the bone.
Woke up early for this one nice video man
I understand not copying the original movie, but there was so much to use from the novel that the 89 version left out that they didn't need to just outright change everything
Been waiting for this all morning... 🙂
I've just purchased, this movie, the original 1990 it and dragged across concrete all thanks to your reviews! Keep it coming man
I want to see silver bullet remake because that movie means so much to me.
yes. so much yes.
You really need to read the book! I think you'd love it!
Pet sematary dropping fast on rotten tomatoes 100 down to 69
62% now
The mom was amazing in this movie.
I understand the concept of making bold and different changes But, you are right the change they made and then told us before we see the film was not as impactful as it could have been. You mentioned everything was rushed. While I agree in some scenes, other scenes were dragged out so long without any pay off in my opinion. And what was with "the sound from the second floor " the entire movie? That became annoying for me.
I loved the film alot. Better than 1989s movie. More fleshed out characters, scarier. Closer to the source material
Disagree completely
@@CodyLeachYT fair!
@The Urban Slasher have you?
Dale Midkiff is the kind of actor who needed Stanley Kubrick to make him do 99 takes to craft a great performance
I don't blame the actors, I blame the writers. The characters just weren't as well developed, but the actors did as well as any actor could do with what they were given.
I do want to see this film, I'm not dead set against it like I am with child's play. But I don't understand I'll people can say it's closer to the novel than the original with that huge change. But thing about these remixes when it comes to the Stephen King's you have to remember that it's a book as well you're not remaking the original film your trying to readapt the book. I honestly have very low expectations for this movie and have to wait you say about the acting they just got lower. I like John lithgow but I don't know if I put him in the greatest of all time category. A great review my brother as always, you kill it.
Wait for it on redbox or Netflix... sad to say but trust me
I paused this review and watched the original Pet Sematary for the first time on Amazon Prime. I don't even want to watch the remake because there's no way it will be able to compare to the original.
It doesnt...
The predictable "surprise" ending was not surprising enough to make up for what the trailer spoiled.
Definitely need a silver bullet remake. Probably my favorite stephen king adaptation along with pet semetary and it. Gonna wait till i can stream the new pet semetary though because i really didnt like how its portrayed in the teasers. 9/10 times if the trailers suck to me so will the movie
I would like to see a remake of Cujo.
Yeah, what you said! I agree 1000% . Great vid Brother!
I thought it was meh, just average. The original wins plus it has The Ramones, cant mess with them. Pet Sematary 2 was way better also. With Gage you took the movie up to 11 while this one took it down to 5. Evil little girls...how original.
You should put a Spoiler Warning in your comment mate!
Oh shit, even though it was in the trailer....oh well fuck it.
Everybody already knows. It was in the trailer plus the directors outright confirmed it in interviews
Jw Nj It was not in the review! Not everybody saw the trailer after all the warnings that there are spoilers in it.
Yeah well, sorry.
I had a good time with this remake. 3.75/5 Stars. The original Pet Semetary is a 4/5 Stars.
I haven’t watched the remake and had never watched the original until tonight. I watched it tonight because of you Cody.
I think the original is a good movie but typical of pre Misery adaptations of King’s work. The novel of Pet Sematary is FAR superior to the movie. That’s always an issue if you read the source material.
Up until Misery I always felt that King’s work was represented disappointingly in the movie adaptations. I LOVE Carpenter but Christine comes across as silly to me.
Carrie was good for me. I think The Shining is fantastic but Kubrick was a master that just used King’s novel as an outline and made the movie his own vision.
I like the original Pet Sematary movie but I think that it’s a bit flat filming wise m, almost like a TV movie. The performances are pretty good but it lacks atmosphere for me.
This isn’t to criticise how people like yourself and other fans view the movie. I’m just looking at it from a different point of view. I’m a reader of the novel. So I’m viewing it and comparing it to the novel which is different to how you view it.
Misery wasn’t as good as the novel to me but it was a GREAT movie adaptation in my opinion. They got the tone right and it was one of his better novels to adapt. It was a horror in a psychological and realistic sense.
Christine for example reads well as a novel but comes across as silly on the screen for me personally without an explanation for why a car murders people. For me it would have worked better as a comedy satire. Not a Carpenter classic for me personally.
The Shawshank Redemption was amazing because it was a movie based on a short story and there were so many gaps to fill. I think the new IT is better than the original. King’s movie adaptations from Misery onwards have been far more consistent.
Loving your channel from the UK. Keep up the good work 👊🏻
Misery & pet Cemetery are much better then Shaw shank.
With remakes i feel like you have to tread a very fine line, because if you change too many aspects of the original story, especially crucial elements, then you risk losing a large portion of your audience, and that's exactly what happened with this particular remake. Quite frankly, they blew it.
When i watched it, the cinema had a group of 17 year old dudes, that was kicking soda bottles and laughed talked and made animal noises, almoast the entire movie, and the 10 last minutes of the movie the light in the theatre got turned on so i had a Great time......
As a kid I was scared of Freddy Krueger and the girl from Exorcist.
I thought it was fantastic and I am so glad I didn't see the trailer as it gave away the big twist. Great movie anyhow, and the ending gave me shivers. This is how a remake and a horror movie is done. You can tell it was made with love for the genre and the original movie.
Yeah it was made with love that's obvious but so politically correct the other pascow fit better this Elle was far less irritating her next movie was (believe it or not )was a nightmare on Elm Street 3 she had exactly 10 line's
I got the vibe this was written by a corporation in a board room. Fuck remakes, man. Where's the grit and grime in these flicks? Soulless I say.
If a remake is good. Bonus. But if it’s not and makes people get into the original then that’s brilliant. I’ve always said that.
I didn't even know they were making this movie at all!
I didn't like that the neighbor pushed it on him. I liked that in the original the Father did it both times himself after explicitly being warned against it. I could forgive it since he buries Ellie himself, but that god forsaken ending UGH. I really enjoyed this film until that ending
Love the shirt Cody..
I hope they remake Sliver Bullet
Ikr.everyones saying this too.
They'll be hard pressed to replace Gary Busey I'd say the dude from Halloween 2018 Ray but he's to skinny and dorky
Just watched this movie for the first time yesterday, and as a fan of the original, I still went in with an open mind. Still, I was disappointed in this remake. Agree, it just doesn't have the same emotion.
I just watched the remake bc the original is in my top 5 favorites. Finally I told myself to stop being a snob about it and just enjoy the ride and nostalgia. As a stand alone, I did enjoy it. I was really excited about the main twist but then disappointed bc they didn't take advantage. I know this will be my most unpopular opinion but I thought the ending was great. They made it their own while paying homage to the original by leaving on a cliffhanger
Really good review, Cody. I do have to respectfully disagree. I wouldn't call this film a remake, but rather a new adaptation of the source material. I feel that the 1989 adaptation is very dated, doesn't give me that sense of dread, and the acting is incredibly cheesy. Mind you, I grew up watching the movie as a kid as well, and it scared me then, but does nothing for me now. With this film, although flawed, has a much better tone throughout. The acting is also hugely improved as well as the pacing. There seems to be a lot of folks looking at the 1989 adaption with rose colored glasses.
The tone is actually what works best in the original
Doctor Feinstone and I can totally see that side of the argument as well. It just doesn’t work for me.
This was hands down the best review I’ve seen on this movie
Thank you!
I can’t wait for the shining sequel doctor sleep in November
Irish Man20 did you like it? I lOVED IT!!!!!