"Pet Sematary" (2019) (Movie)

- The monsters are pretty good and the wendigo is at least mentioned 👍
- The changes made to the story weaken it 👎👎

This... is kind of a weird one. Somehow, it manages to replicate the issue from the first movie where the cast seemed terrible until the horror kicks in. Then, they're great. But my biggest issue is with the changes to the story. What once was a haunting exploration of grief has been reworked into a more straightforward horror movie. Certain parts are more fleshed out (including a nod to the wendigo) but other parts have been altered, seemingly, just for the sake of it. Why is Jud so sinister? Why did Zelda's story change? And why introduce the kids in the masks just to immediately ignore them? This one was a dud but it's probably not the worst thing I've seen

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"Pet Sematary" (1989) (Movie)

- The cat and kid are fine but no mention of the wendigo 😐
- The story is still pretty strong after moving to film 👍

I'm not a fan of Stephen King's movies. They almost never survive the transition to the silver screen. (The recent "It" remakes are an exception to that rule.) So, I wasn't exactly dying to see this one. (Har har!) I didn't start to love the cast until the second half, even if Jud was great the whole time. And, why is the sun always in the wrong place? It's out at night, or disappears at odd times... But, I (and my wife) feel that the story is still impactful, even if it chops out all the wendigo stuff. It's not as good as the book - which was one of my favorites from last year - but, if you just want the jist of the story, it's passable

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