Pet Sematary
1989 · 103 min · Horror · TMDB 6.7
The short version:Grief horror with a toddler at its centre. Clumsy in places but the key death is still hard to watch.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary3
Not scaryExtreme
Dread3
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing3
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim4
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreModerateeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A toddler is hit by a truck; later he returns, and worse things happen.
- Child in dangerHeavyeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The family cat is killed by a truck and then comes back.
Body & medical
- Disease & terminal illnessModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Flashbacks to a sister dying of spinal meningitis.
- Medical & surgicalBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementHeavyeditorial
Phobias & sensory
- Claustrophobia & confinementModerateinferred from keywords