No. 26 (2019) Pet Sematary. March 25th.

Film No 26 (2019) March 25th.  7:00 PM  GRAND CINEMA Cygnet Como. 

"There's something up there. Something that dates way back. Those woods belong to something else. (Jud talks with Louis as they walk towards that dark corner of the woods).

Surely a Stephen King story is both the easiest and most difficult tale to adapt to the screen. Easy because the tense story is already created, difficult because making your audience scared, really scared right on cue takes skill. The screenplay for Pet Sematary (1989) was written by King himself and surprisingly only gained moderate reviews. Pet Sematary (2019) is getting a warmer reception but surely not for any new and original tension building techniques. The Creed (Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz) family are looking for a tree change but once only daughter Ellie (Jete Laurence), strays into the dark wooded "backyard" we know something unpleasant is imminent. King's narrative maintains the theme of exploring the depth to which human grief can cloud decision making, only with a major character shuffle. The pet cat, Church, plays his role and becomes the motley moggie King created. It's a colour by numbers version, but every colour is perfectly shaded and within the lines. Oh, and there's a big, big sequel set-up to conclude matters. One for the genre devotees. 8GUMS.