probably accurate stephen king adaption yet surprising since king wrote screenplay story follows creed family moving beautiful maine house one residents jud pleasant old man knows things area one highway runs right frontyard path leading pet sematary children decades buried animals killed highway soon enough ellie creeds cat church found dead luckily happens family exception louisthe father away thanksgiving jud takes louis another burial ground beyond pet sematary church buried later louis greetednot politely church hes returned appearing chewed way bag buried in maybe buried alive maybe not nothing say without ruining storybr br of king adaptions ive seen would terrifying characters real situations normal mary lambert great job directing proceedings suspense kept fairly high throughout film due part plot development scene gage killed stick mind forever then course conclusion easy determine whats going happen lambert pulls genuinely scary sometimes disturbing momentsbr br overall good film excellent adaption enjoy scared mind haunted occasionally disturbing images pet sematary looking for non horror fans want avoid this