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Pet Sematary is a 1989 American horror film directed by Mary Lambert and written by Stephen King, based on his novel. The cast includes Denise Crosby, Miko Hughes, Dale Midkiff, and Fred Gwynne. Produced by Richard P. Rubinstein for Paramount Pictures, the movie was filmed in Maine and features a narrative set in Maine and Chicago. The story focuses on supernatural themes and resurrection.
The film has a runtime of 103 minutes and was distributed by Netflix. It received a rating of 6.5 from 124,201 votes on IMDb and an average vote of 6.652 from 2,375 votes on TMDb. The production had a budget of $11,500,000 and generated revenue of $57,500,000. Elliot Goldenthal composed the score, with Peter Stein as director of photography and Daniel P. Hanley as editor. It is followed by Pet Sematary Two.
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6.7After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
Cast
- Dale Midkiff as Louis Creed
- Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall
- Denise Crosby as Rachel Creed
- Brad Greenquist as Victor Pascow
- Michael Lombard as Irwin Goldman
- Miko Hughes as Gage Creed
Themes
- based on novel or book
- funeral
- parent child relationship
- coffin
- pet
- halloween
- villain
- head injury
- resurrection
- woods
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mary Lambert
- Screenplay by
- Stephen King
- Based on
- Pet Sematary , by Stephen King
- Produced by
- Richard P. Rubinstein
- Starring
- Dale Midkiff Fred Gwynne Denise Crosby Brad Greenquist Michael Lombard Miko Hughes Blaze Berdahl
- Cinematography
- Peter Stein
- Edited by
- Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- April 21, 1989 ( 1989-04-21 )
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $11.5 million
- Box office
- $57.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- zombie film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Pet Sematary Two
- Based on
- Pet Sematary
- Director
- Mary Lambert
- Screenwriter
- Stephen King
- Cast member
- Susan Blommaert
- Composer
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Producer
- Richard P. Rubinstein
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Peter Stein
- Narrative location
- Maine
- Filming location
- Maine
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 260427
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Pet Sematary title.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 1989-11-09
- film editor
- Daniel P. Hanley
- title
- Pet Sematary
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Stephen King
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
- set in period
- 1980s
- described by source
- Women Make Film
- review score
- 38/100
- capital cost
- 11500000
- box office
- 57500000
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Encyclopedic overview
Pet Sematary is a 1989 American supernatural horror film and the first adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name. Directed by Mary Lambert, with King writing the screenplay, it stars Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne and Miko Hughes as Gage Creed. The title is a child's misspelling of "pet cemetery".
The film was released on April 21, 1989, and grossed $57.5 million at the box office on a budget of $11.5 million. A sequel, Pet Sematary Two, was released in 1992 and a second film adaptation was released in 2019.
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