Reduced to its plot outlines, King`s work no longer functions; its meaning lies in the obscure tensions and anxieties that shape the fantasy, not in what happens, but why.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 4, 2019

Overall, the acting in Pet Sematary is hit or miss. But when it hits, it's a bullseye.

| Apr 8, 2019

Aside from its blatant foreshadowing, the main problem with Pet Sematary is its hit-you-over-the-head approach to characters' inability to "let sleeping dogs lie."

Full Review | Original Score: 40/100 | Jul 25, 2001