Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s literary gem, is being resurrected in demonic new form. Just what we need: another old movie headed for the big screen. We may as well get used to it. Now that Pet Sematary and A Nightmare on Elm Street are getting the remake treatment, Hellraiser, Leprechun, Cujo, 976-Evil, and It will likely soon follow.
Who says Hollywood doesn’t make ‘em like they used to? Hell, they do it every other week!
Matthew Greenberg, who adaptated King’s 1408 for the big screen in 2007, has been tipped to pen a new screenplay for a proposed Pet Sematary remake, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.
An accomplished screen scribe, Greenberg also lent his writing talents to Halloween: H20 and Mimic.
If you’re old enough to remember Paramount’s 1989 original ( which starred Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, and Fred Gwynne), you already know that this cinema classic was frightening enough to scare the living daylights out of even the most devoted horror buff.
Published in 1983, this King creeper centered on a family that trades the city life for the country life in Maine, then discovers that they have moved near a pet cemetery that rests on an ancient burial ground. When the family’s toddler son is hit by a truck and killed, his father takes the boy’s body to the cemetery, where it is resurrected in the form of a demon.