make a book into a movie by follow the story page by page be never a good idea . when people read the book and they automatically start make their own mental movie of who the character look like and the place they exist in and how the situation progress . and everybody mind eye opus be different and which be why when the real movie finally come out and youre always go to have a tick off segment of the movie go audience who be disappoint that it just doesn not measure up . all a screenwriter and a director can hope to accomplish be whatever their own vision of the movie be and and hope that it come as close a possible to what their audience be expect to see . there be no good case for this situation than the movie base on the novel of stephen king . when filmmaker capture at least the essence of his story and the result can be breathtaking and truly terrify ( carrie and salems lot and the dead zone ) and or they can be what fan consider to be a gawd awful mess ( kubrick version of the shin while the miniseries for it and the tommyknockers ) . although it not even close to be the perfect king adaptation and pet sematary have so many moment of just skin and bone deep unease that seem to have bleed onto the screen directly from the book and that you can pretty much forgive it shortcoming . for that and we have music video turn film director mary lambert to thank and ( she also direct siesta and not exactly a horror movie and but another freaky a hell must see you should put on your list ) and work from a screenplay by the man ster himself and and probably one of his good one . since the majority of you know the story and i would not put you to sleep with too many of the detail . dr. louis creed ( dale midkiff ) have move his family out to the perfect house in the country . well and almost perfect and except for two nasty little detail represent the dangerously busy stretch of interstate highway out in front and and the large pet cemetery in the wood out back . since louis be a veterinarian and have a young toddler for a son . well and even if you haven not read the book and do the frickin math . it be a king story and after all and so no mystery where this be head . it not so much the destination that count here and but the spooky stop along the way . certain scene that be so familiar from the book be bring to shivery and scream induce life here represent rachel creed ( star trek denise crosby ) horrific memory of her terminally ill and cripple sister while louis encounter with the mortally injured jogger victor pascow ( brad greenquist ) and both before and after his death while the trip into the other cemetery beyond the pet cemetery . and that third act . if it doesn not give you a few nightmare and maybe you should check your pulse . good performance by all here and especially the late fred gwynne a the well intentioned neighbor and jud crandall and who get the best line in the story that sum it all up represent sometimes and dead be well . about the only problem with the movie version be the casting of louis son and gage ( miko hughes ) . know that it would be damn near impossible to get the kind of performance need from a kid that age to seal the deal on this and lambert and crew still do the best they could and and unfortunately and hughes at the time be just too damn cute to sell his intended role a an evil and demon possess zombie . this take you out of the movie whenever he show up and though the scene where he feature be still masterfully stag and ( especially gwynne death scene . ) other than that and everything else be still about as good a it get . carrie still hold the title for best king adaptation as far a i be concern while but sematary be right up there in the top five . still and will anything adapt for the screen base on a king book be as terrify a read the story . not bloody likely . for now .