Hollywood horror film about a mysterious burial ground
‘Pet Sematary’, latest horror movie from the Hollywood, directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, is now being screened in Theatres around Colombo and outstation.
Written by Jeff Buhler, it is the second film adaptation of the novel written in 1983. The first film under the same title was made in 1989 and it was directed by Mary Lambert and written by King himself.
Starring Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, and John Lithgow in main cast, the film narrates around Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, who discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home once they relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children.
Louis Creed, Rachel and their young children Ellie and Gage move to a remote woodland house on the outskirts of town. Ellie stumbles across a Pet Cemetery (misspelled “Sematary”) in the woods after following a procession of animal mask wearing children. She encounters her neighbour Jud who quickly strikes up a friendship with the family. Louis who works at a university hospital is unable to save the life of a student called Victor Pascow who is hit by a car.
Louis is plagued by nightmares of Victor warning him to stay away from the woods and claiming, “the barrier must not be broken”. Meanwhile Rachel suffers from her own trauma regarding her sister Zelda who died as a teenager from spinal meningitis and whose illness traumatised a young Rachel.
Presented by Paramount Pictures, the film is now being screened at Colombo City Centre, Liberty by Scope Cinemas, MC Cinemas, Empire and other theatres around the country .