The Big Mistake That The 2019 Pet Sematary Remake Makes
What happens to a pet when they pass away? It's a unique question, and while people have been wondering about the afterlife (or debating what they believe happens) for decades, Stephen King posed the question of whether cats and dogs can come back to life in his 1983 novel Pet Sematary. The 1989 movie was just as good as the book, something that hasn't always been the case with adaptations of King's words.
There seems to be one glaring issue with the 2019 remake of Pet Sematary, and while it was a fun experience to revisit this scary story, horror fans might not be very scared when watching this updated version.
This Netflix Movie Might Be The Worst Stephen King Adaptation
The Pet Sematary movie from 1989 is terrifying but the 2019 film is one of the worst horror movie remakes. The movie makes one big mistake: the film is a paint-by-numbers remake that doesn't steer too far from the original story. This begs the question of why a second movie was made when the first one can be considered a fairly perfect horror movie.
The 2019 Pet Sematary has the same plot and characters as the original. This time, Jeté Laurence plays Ellie Creed, who moves to a new house with her parents Louis (Jason Clarke) and Rachel (Amy Seimetz). Ellie has a cat, Church, who she loves. While in the '80s movie, Louis and Rachel's little son Gage dies and comes back to life, this time it's Ellie who is killed and then resurrected. However, this is a small thing, and besides this change, the movies feel pretty identical.
It would have been better to give the characters new names, backstories, and hopes and dreams, while keeping the fact that the family loses a pet and a child and then sees them come back to life but this time, they're completely evil and
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