From b90b3815e5bc0d3cf79beff89f38ec4e1084deb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Your Name Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:15:59 +0200 Subject: Film: Pet Sematary (USA, 1989) --- .../film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/index.en.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../pet-sematary-still.jpg | Bin 0 -> 56368 bytes 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/index.en.md create mode 100644 content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/pet-sematary-still.jpg diff --git a/content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/index.en.md b/content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/index.en.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fe6c6d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/index.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ ++++ +title = "Pet Sematary" + +[taxonomies] +authors = ["harald"] +tags = ["film", "horror", "zombies", "USA", "Stephen King"] + +[extra] +genre = "Horror" +country = "USA" +year = 1989 ++++ + +{% figure(img="pet-sematary-still.jpg", alt="angry child with scalpel") %} +Gage (Miko Hughes) is getting angry. Still from _Pet Sematary_ (1989). +{% end %} + +I read _Pet Sematary_, the novel, when I was 15 or so, and really liked it at the +time. Somehow, I never got sround to see the film when it came out a few years +later. So when I recently found a restored version on BluRay at a discount, I +figured now was as good time as any. + +This is a film without any surprises — even if you have not read the novel. +Once the first milestone of the plot is reached, the rest comes exactly as +expected. What it does well is the way it builds up the tension. Not rushing +it, but not too slow either. It feels like a decent adaptation of the novel +as far as I can remember. + +Where the film shows it's age is in the performances of the cast. Stiff +dialogue and a bit exagerated performances make this an interesting study of +the genre and period. However it does less to make the film feel beleivable or +frightening. The sole exception is the small kid (Gage, played by Miko Hughes) +who does an amazing role. Especially at the end. + +The film was remade in 2019, but I have not seen this version. From the trailer +it looks like a much more slick and less interesting production. Younger +audiences will probably prefer it though. diff --git a/content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/pet-sematary-still.jpg b/content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/pet-sematary-still.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2946222 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/film/2020-09-25-pet-sematary-1989/pet-sematary-still.jpg differ -- cgit v1.2.3