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Pet Sematary (film)

1989 film by Mary Lambert

Pet Sematary is a 1989 film about a young Maine family and a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.

Directed by Mary Lambert. Written by Stephen King, based on his novel.
Sometimes dead is better.  (taglines)

Louis Creed

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  • Today is thanksgiving day for cats, but only if they came back from the dead.
  • God sees the truth, but waits.

Jud Crandall

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  • The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Louis. A man grows what he can, and he tends it. 'Cause what you buy, is what you own. And what you own... always comes home to you.

Victor Pascow

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  • The barrier was not meant to be crossed. The ground is sour.

Ellie Creed

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  • [crying, after Church dies] But he's not God's cat, he's my cat... let God get His own if He wants one... not mine.

Rachel Goldman-Creed

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  • [her last line, to Louis, after being reanimated] Darling. [as he embraces her, she picks up a butcher knife from the counter...and kills him with it]

Irwin Goldman

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  • [at Gage's funeral; to Louis] I knew this would happen. I told her when you were first married you'd have all the grief you can stand and more, I said. Now look at this. I hope you rot in hell! Where were you when he was playing in the road? You stinkin' shit! You killer of children! [punches Louis]

Zelda Goldman

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  • Rachel, is that you? I finally came back for you Rachel. I'm going to twist your back like mine, so you'll never get out of bed again... Never get out of bed again...NEVER GET OUT OF BED AGAIN! NEVER GET OUT OF BED AGAIN!!!"
  • I'm coming for you, Rachel... And this time, I'll get you... Gage and I will both get you, for letting us die... [cackles]'

Dialogue

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Louis: Has anyone ever buried a person up there?
Jud: Christ on His Throne, NO! Whoever would!?
Louis: I'll bite, Jud. What's the bottom of the truth?
Jud: That, sometimes, dead is better. The person that you put up there ain't the person that comes back. It might look like that person, but it ain't that person, because whatever lives on the ground beyond the Pet Sematary ain't human at all.
Rachel: It's okay, Ellie! You just had a bad dream.
Ellie: It wasn't a dream, it was Paxcow! Paxcow says daddy is going to do something really bad!
Rachel: Who is this Paxcow?
Ellie: He's a ghost, a good ghost! He was sent to warn us!
Gage: [on the phone] First I played with Judd. Then mommy came, and I played with mommy. We played, daddy, we had a awful good time! Now, I want to play with you...
Louis: What did you do? [Gage laughs wickedly] WHAT DID YOU DO!?
Victor: I'm sorry Louis. I'm very sorry, but don't make it worse! Don't!
Louis: I waited too long with Gage. But with Rachel... it will work this time! Because she just died; she died just a little while ago!
Victor: Please, Louis! NOOOOOO! [fades out of existence]

Taglines

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  • Sometimes dead is better.
  • A pet isn't just for life.

Cast

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Adaptations of works by Stephen King
  Films     The Shining (1980) · Cujo (1983) · The Dead Zone (1983) · Christine (1983) · Cat's Eye (1985) · Silver Bullet (1985) · Stand by Me (1986) · The Running Man (1987) · Tales from the
  Darkside: The Movie (1990) · Graveyard Shift (1990) · Misery (1990) · The Lawnmower Man (1992) · Sleepwalkers (1992) · The Dark Half (1993) · Needful Things (1993) · The
  Shawshank Redemption (1994) · Dolores Claiborne (1995) · Thinner (1996) · The Night Flier (1997) · Apt Pupil (1998) · The Green Mile (1999) · Hearts in Atlantis (2001) · Dreamcatcher 
  (2003) · Secret Window (2004) · Riding the Bullet (2004) · 1408 (2007) · The Mist (2007) · Dolan's Cadillac (2009) · A Good Marriage (2014) · Cell (2016) · It (2017) · It Chapter Two (2019)  
  Carrie     Carrie (1976) · The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) · Carrie (2002) · Carrie (2013)  
  Creepshow     Creepshow (1982) · Creepshow 2 (1987) · Creepshow 3 (2006)  
  Children of the Corn     Children of the Corn (1984) · The Final Sacrifice (1993) · Urban Harvest (1995) · The Gathering (1996) · Fields of Terror (1998) · Isaac's Return (1999) ·
  Revelation (2001) · Children of the Corn (2009) · Genesis (2011)  
  Firestarter     Firestarter (1984) · Rekindled (2002)  
  Trucks     Maximum Overdrive (1986) · Trucks (1997)  
  Pet Sematary     Pet Sematary (1989) · Pet Sematary Two (1992) · Pet Sematary (2019)  
  The Mangler     The Mangler (1995) · The Mangler 2 (2001) · *The Mangler Reborn (2005)  
  Television     Episodes     "Gramma" (1986) · "Sorry, Right Number" (1987) · "The Revelations of Becka Paulson" (1997)  
  Series     Golden Years (1991) · The Dead Zone (2002–07) · Kingdom Hospital (2004) · Haven (2010–present) · Under the Dome (2013–15) · 11.22.63 (2016)  
  Films or miniseries     It (1990) · The Tommyknockers (1993) · The Stand (1994) · The Langoliers (1995) · The Shining (1997) · Quicksilver Highway (1997) · Storm of the Century
  (1999) · Stephen King's Desperation (2006) · Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) · Bag of Bones (2011) · Big Driver (2014)  
  Salem's Lot     Salem's Lot (1979) · A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) · Salem's Lot (2004)  
  Sometimes They Come Back     Sometimes They Come Back (1991) · Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) · Sometimes They Come Back... for More
  (1998)  
  Rose Red     Rose Red (2002) · The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)  
  See also     {{Stephen King}}  
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