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Mary Lambert’s ‘PET SEMATARY’ (1989): Still Scary After 35 Years – Retro Review

Miko Hughes as the resurrected Gage Creed in Pet Sematary (1989)

The original film adaptation of Stephen King‘s Pet Sematary was released in 1989, when I was just four years old. It was a year or two later when I saw it for the first time, and that memory is indelibly seared into my brain. I was scarred. Traumatized. I was …

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‘Pet Sematary’ New vs. Old: Which Zelda Is Right For You?

With the 30th anniversary of Pet Sematary arriving, it’s time to ask a very important question: which version of Zelda is the best – the one from 1989 or the one from 2019? Thirty years ago, Director Mary Lambert unleashed Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (read our retro review here) upon …

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Is Dead Really Better? A Review of Pet Sematary (2019)

First of all, I don’t want to spend too much time dwelling on the 1989 movie. That one was good, clean, and full of scares. Starry Eyes‘ (2014) Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Pet Sematary doesn’t make any effort to reach out or dig up the past. The new movie …

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Pet Sematary (1989) Beastly Burials, Ghouls, and the Living Dead

When asked to write an article describing my favorite horror movie, I would have to go with Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, the most ominous horror movie ever made! Audiences knew they were in for a wild ride from the moment the chilling titles and introductory music pealed through the speakers of …

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My Favorite Horror Movie: Pet Sematary (1989)

At a young age, I had the pleasure of having a mother that greatly appreciated the one genre I would grow to love: horror. Being introduced at a young age had many enjoyable benefits. One of them, of course, was being able to go to the nearest video rental store …

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Interview: Kyle Kauwika Harris Discusses ‘THE HUNTSMAN’

With The Huntsman, filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris brings Judith Sanders’ novel to the screen as a quiet, morally complex thriller rooted in ambiguity and character. Pop Horror spoke with Harris about discovering the project, reshaping it for Oklahoma, avoiding gratuitous violence, and the improvisational moments that made it into the …

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Happy Birthday to the King of Horror, Stephen King!

King of Horror Stephen King is the most prolific and celebrated writer of his generation, with a career spanning over five decades that includes books, short stories, ebooks, chapbooks, screen adaptations, magazine articles, directing, producing, and acting. He shows no sign of slowing down, even though on September 21st he …

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Interview With Delilah S. Dawson, Author Of ‘House Of Idyll’

I think a lot of us would love the opportunity to live and work with our favorite rock star, especially one we’ve crushed on and worshipped since childhood. House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson (Bloom; Guillotine – read our interview with her HERE) is the perfect example of “be …

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