this scary and rather gory adaptation of stephen king great novel feature outstanding central performance by dale midkiff and fred gwynne ( who sadly die few year ago ) and denise crosby and some really gruesome gore effect . director mary lambert have a wonderful sense of visual style and and manages to make this one of the few version of king work that be not only worth see and but genuinely unnerving . the depiction of the zombie child gage ( miko hughes later in new nightmare ) be equally noteworthy and a what could easily have be a laughable character be make menace and spooky . a for the people and who think that this one isn not scary watch it alone in the dark ( eventually with your squeamish girlfriend ) and i guarantee you that pet sematary will creep you out . some horror movie like this one or the texas chain saw massacre shouldn not be watch in group . recommend for horror fan .