After making the little-seen 2009 thriller Absence, the filmmaking duo of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer went on to make the impressive 2014 horror film Starry Eyes, which led to them getting the chance to direct the 2019 remake of Pet Sematary. That movie didn’t become as popular as the original film, but it did earn over $100 million at the box office. Five years later, Kölsch and Widmyer have finally set up their next feature: the survival thriller The Swallow, which is set to star Grace Van Dien, who had a memorable role in season 4 of Stranger Things.
Kölsch and Widmyer wrote the screenplay for The Swallow, which was previously featured on the Bloodlist, a list assembled through a survey of industry professionals, who recommend their favorite unproduced thriller and horror scripts. Thanks to producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, John Finemore of Lost City, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment,...
Kölsch and Widmyer wrote the screenplay for The Swallow, which was previously featured on the Bloodlist, a list assembled through a survey of industry professionals, who recommend their favorite unproduced thriller and horror scripts. Thanks to producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, John Finemore of Lost City, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer, the duo behind Starry Eyes and the Pet Sematary remake, are back with the brand new survival horror film The Swallow, Deadline reports.
The cast for the film is led by Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”).
“Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area, they awaken an uncanny terror in the woods… and a ravenous hunger from within the Earth. Soon, the ground itself is trying to swallow anything and anyone it comes into contact with and Ziggy and her friends have nowhere to run as every trembling step they take could be their last.”
Kölsch and Widmyer said in a statement, “The Swallow is a lean, mean horror film that never lets its foot off the gas. Essentially, one extended set piece of tension and...
The cast for the film is led by Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”).
“Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area, they awaken an uncanny terror in the woods… and a ravenous hunger from within the Earth. Soon, the ground itself is trying to swallow anything and anyone it comes into contact with and Ziggy and her friends have nowhere to run as every trembling step they take could be their last.”
Kölsch and Widmyer said in a statement, “The Swallow is a lean, mean horror film that never lets its foot off the gas. Essentially, one extended set piece of tension and...
- 2/9/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Pet Sematary filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer have found their next project in the shape of survival thriller The Swallow, in which a group of teens are abandoned in a deadly forest.
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Pet Sematary (2019) and Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023).
In the Master of Horror’s vast collection, few stories cast a shadow so dark as Pet Sematary. Stephen King’s 1983 novel follows Louis Creed and his young family as they fall victim to the grim shadow of death lurking in the woods behind their new house. When the family’s cat Church dies, their friendly neighbor Jud Crandall leads Louis past the charming Pet Sematary deeper into the forest to a burial ground where the dead don’t rest easy. As darkness creeps closer, Louis’s young son Gage becomes the busy road’s next victim and the grieving father attempts to harness whatever power lies beyond the Pet Sematary to reverse the terrible tragedy threatening to destroy his life.
Directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer adapted King’s devastating novel in a 2019 film which reverses...
In the Master of Horror’s vast collection, few stories cast a shadow so dark as Pet Sematary. Stephen King’s 1983 novel follows Louis Creed and his young family as they fall victim to the grim shadow of death lurking in the woods behind their new house. When the family’s cat Church dies, their friendly neighbor Jud Crandall leads Louis past the charming Pet Sematary deeper into the forest to a burial ground where the dead don’t rest easy. As darkness creeps closer, Louis’s young son Gage becomes the busy road’s next victim and the grieving father attempts to harness whatever power lies beyond the Pet Sematary to reverse the terrible tragedy threatening to destroy his life.
Directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer adapted King’s devastating novel in a 2019 film which reverses...
- 10/9/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Losers’ Club receive a letter from the Crandalls and return to Ludlow, Maine for the first time in years. Why? There’s been a series of murders. Unspeakable violence that sounds… otherworldly… perhaps from beyond the grave even. Whatever it is, it’s nothing the Losers haven’t seen before. After all, the undead is expected in King’s Dominion.
After much anticipation, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, the long-awaited prequel to Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s 2019 remake has arrived. Join Losers Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Jenn Adams as they review the film, thirst over Hot Jud and Norma, praise the practical effects, and debate whether this IP is franchisable.
That’s not all. After you hear their thoughts, you can join Losers Michael Roffman and Jenn Adams as they speak to Pet Sematary: Bloodlines writer-director Lindsey Anderson Beer. Together, they discuss how the prequel came to fruition, what...
After much anticipation, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, the long-awaited prequel to Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s 2019 remake has arrived. Join Losers Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Jenn Adams as they review the film, thirst over Hot Jud and Norma, praise the practical effects, and debate whether this IP is franchisable.
That’s not all. After you hear their thoughts, you can join Losers Michael Roffman and Jenn Adams as they speak to Pet Sematary: Bloodlines writer-director Lindsey Anderson Beer. Together, they discuss how the prequel came to fruition, what...
- 10/6/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of Stephen King‘s famous tales of reanimation gone awry was reimagined in 2019 with Pet Sematary from Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. John Lithgow would portray Jud Crandall in that adaptation. Now, behold the beginning of the story as Pet Sematary: Bloodlines shows fans how Jud first discovered the cursed graveyard. Paramount+ has just released the new trailer for the horror prequel. Those who wish to see it before its streaming premiere will be able to catch its debut at Fantastic Fest, which is set to be held at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas, from September 21st – 28th. The movie will then be available on Paramount+ on October 6.
This film is boasting that it is an untold chapter from Stephen King’s original beloved story. The synopsis for Pet Sematary: Bloodlines will involve “a young Jud Crandall in 1969, who has dreams of leaving his hometown behind...
This film is boasting that it is an untold chapter from Stephen King’s original beloved story. The synopsis for Pet Sematary: Bloodlines will involve “a young Jud Crandall in 1969, who has dreams of leaving his hometown behind...
- 9/12/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Dreams require sacrifice… and so do they.
August has been a significant month for Screambox, which celebrated the anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, took a look back at the classic 1985 Clue in Who Done It: The Clue Documentary, got creature feature crazy with the sci-fi horror Subject, and had a blast with the Ghostbusters-inspired sci-fi horror comedy The Ghastly Brothers.
In addition to the extremely controversial The Woman hitting the streaming service last week, Screambox has now added the extremely popular cult horror Starry Eyes, the directorial debut of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer (Pet Sematary), courtesy of MPI and Dark Sky Films.
In the city of dreams, a desperate actress will do whatever it takes for the role of a lifetime…no matter what the cost.
Kölsch and Widmyer’s Satanic take on Hollywood fame is filled with gross body horror, a shocking descent,...
August has been a significant month for Screambox, which celebrated the anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, took a look back at the classic 1985 Clue in Who Done It: The Clue Documentary, got creature feature crazy with the sci-fi horror Subject, and had a blast with the Ghostbusters-inspired sci-fi horror comedy The Ghastly Brothers.
In addition to the extremely controversial The Woman hitting the streaming service last week, Screambox has now added the extremely popular cult horror Starry Eyes, the directorial debut of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer (Pet Sematary), courtesy of MPI and Dark Sky Films.
In the city of dreams, a desperate actress will do whatever it takes for the role of a lifetime…no matter what the cost.
Kölsch and Widmyer’s Satanic take on Hollywood fame is filled with gross body horror, a shocking descent,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director Daphné Baiwir examines not the literary work of prolific author Stephen King but the vast body of ongoing adaptations of King’s work, beginning with 1976’s Carrie, in the documentary King on Screen. With over 80 films and TV series and counting, adapting his work by over 50 directors, the horror author remains one of the most adapted in the world. King on Screen assembles talking heads to examine what it is about his literary work that translates to the screen so well and why his audience remains captive decades later. However, the documentary’s feature format struggles to encapsulate its subject’s overwhelming scope.
Baiwir begins her examination with an extended opening sequence that sees her traversing a fictional realm packed with King references. She drives through a forest, emulating the opening of The Shining, until she arrives at a shop named after the short story “In the Tall Grass.
Baiwir begins her examination with an extended opening sequence that sees her traversing a fictional realm packed with King references. She drives through a forest, emulating the opening of The Shining, until she arrives at a shop named after the short story “In the Tall Grass.
- 4/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s hard to forget one of the first disabled women I ever saw on the big screen. In the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, “Pet Sematary,” Zelda (Andrew Hubatsek), the deceased sister of Rachel Creed (Denise Crosby), suffers from spinal meningitis. She is seen predominately in flashbacks, and Zelda becomes a literal and metaphorical ghost who haunts Rachel throughout the film. Zelda is skeletal, her spine deformed.
To see Zelda in the film is to see a monster.
Growing up with a bone disability, Zelda utterly terrified me, because I had no other disabled women, on screens large or small or elsewhere, to compare her to. To me, I wasn’t just scared of Zelda because the movie portrayed her as a villain, I was scared because I worried that this is what disabled women ended up like. That this is what I was going to end up like.
To see Zelda in the film is to see a monster.
Growing up with a bone disability, Zelda utterly terrified me, because I had no other disabled women, on screens large or small or elsewhere, to compare her to. To me, I wasn’t just scared of Zelda because the movie portrayed her as a villain, I was scared because I worried that this is what disabled women ended up like. That this is what I was going to end up like.
- 10/12/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Timur Bekmambetov, the filmmaker behind the action banger "Wanted," is developing a new cinematic universe based on iconic comic book writer and publisher Stan Lee's work -- but this universe might hold more bumps in the night. Under Bekmambetov's production banner, Bazelevs, the "Night Watch" director is assembling a series of connected films based on Lee's unexplored horror works, with Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer, and Matt Greenberg taking care of the screenplay.
Bazelevs will be working arm-in-arm with producer Ara Keshishian's Zq Entertainment on "Sawbones" and "Carnival of Killers." Lee's Pow! Entertainment, co-founded with Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman after Lee's...
The post Stan Lee's Horror Comics To Get The Cinematic Universe Treatment From Timur Bekmambetov appeared first on /Film.
Bazelevs will be working arm-in-arm with producer Ara Keshishian's Zq Entertainment on "Sawbones" and "Carnival of Killers." Lee's Pow! Entertainment, co-founded with Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman after Lee's...
The post Stan Lee's Horror Comics To Get The Cinematic Universe Treatment From Timur Bekmambetov appeared first on /Film.
- 12/1/2021
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Wanted filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov and his production banner Bazelevs are in development on a new cinematic universe based on the unexploited horror works by Stan Lee.
Bazelevs will team with Zq Entertainment, a production company belonging to CAA vet and producer Ara Keshishian, on Sawbones and Carnival of Killers, both of which show a darker side of Lee’s world. Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment, the company the comic book architect co-founded post-Marvel, will serve as EPs on the projects.
Sawbones follows a frail 12-year old, Alex Covin, who reads a mysterious comic book and is transported into the comic’s terrifying world: a haunted Juvenile Detention Center overrun by demonic forces led by Sawbones, a homicidal entity who preys upon the troubled inmates. Has Alex gone insane? Or is this nightmarish world his new reality? If he is to escape, Alex must find a way to defeat Sawbones,...
Bazelevs will team with Zq Entertainment, a production company belonging to CAA vet and producer Ara Keshishian, on Sawbones and Carnival of Killers, both of which show a darker side of Lee’s world. Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment, the company the comic book architect co-founded post-Marvel, will serve as EPs on the projects.
Sawbones follows a frail 12-year old, Alex Covin, who reads a mysterious comic book and is transported into the comic’s terrifying world: a haunted Juvenile Detention Center overrun by demonic forces led by Sawbones, a homicidal entity who preys upon the troubled inmates. Has Alex gone insane? Or is this nightmarish world his new reality? If he is to escape, Alex must find a way to defeat Sawbones,...
- 12/1/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror Review — Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) Film Review from the 25th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Kier-La Janisse, featuring Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer, Piers Haggard, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror: A Spooky, Gargantuan Marvel of Genre Analysis [Fantasia 2021]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror: A Spooky, Gargantuan Marvel of Genre Analysis [Fantasia 2021]...
- 8/9/2021
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
Lindsey Beer will direct Paramount Player’s follow-up adaptation of 2019’s “Pet Sematary,” based on Stephen King’s bestseller, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Beer also wrote the most recent script based off a draft by Jeff Buhler. The film will debut exclusively on Paramount+. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian will produce.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
The film was announced in February as part of the studio’s new push to move original content to the relaunched streamer.
King wrote the book in 1983, which was adapted into a film in 1989 and in 2019. The 1989 film was directed by Mary Lambert and starred Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne and Miko Hughes. It grossed $57.5 million on a budget of $11.5 million, and a sequel was released in 1992.
The second film adaptation from 2019 starred Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz and John Lithgow. Directed by Kevin Kölsch...
Beer also wrote the most recent script based off a draft by Jeff Buhler. The film will debut exclusively on Paramount+. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian will produce.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
The film was announced in February as part of the studio’s new push to move original content to the relaunched streamer.
King wrote the book in 1983, which was adapted into a film in 1989 and in 2019. The 1989 film was directed by Mary Lambert and starred Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne and Miko Hughes. It grossed $57.5 million on a budget of $11.5 million, and a sequel was released in 1992.
The second film adaptation from 2019 starred Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz and John Lithgow. Directed by Kevin Kölsch...
- 5/17/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
With Clapboard Jungle, filmmaker Justin McConnell brings together two things I’m extremely passionate about: genre-driven documentaries and independent horror. Most people may not know this about me, but years (and years) ago, I created and spearheaded a movement known as Indie Horror Month as a means to help underrepresented content creators in the horror filmmaking community have an opportunity to get their moment in the spotlight. It’s been something I’ve wanted to resurrect, especially because it seems so hard these days for truly independent voices to be heard, but trying to carve out that time has been difficult.
That being said, when I read the description for Clapboard Jungle, I knew this was going to be something that would be extremely pertinent to my interests and McConnell didn’t let me down. The project is an enlightening look at the ups and downs that many indie filmmakers are constantly facing,...
That being said, when I read the description for Clapboard Jungle, I knew this was going to be something that would be extremely pertinent to my interests and McConnell didn’t let me down. The project is an enlightening look at the ups and downs that many indie filmmakers are constantly facing,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
It’s that time again. Another year has come to an end. Another decade, even. We defied the odds and live to fight another day, just like horror cinema proved itself – once again – a genre that continues to survive, adapt and thrive. Even at that, 2019 was an odd year for horror in that mainstream titles featuring household villains ended up leaving less of a mark than so many vastly different indies (in my opinion). If anything, 2019 was a reminder of the tremendous diversity among horror subgenres that offer a cornucopia of terror. Take your pick, choose your fate and dive into Part I of our top horror movies of 2019.
20) Pledge
In a year when toxic masculinity takedowns skewered fratboy culture on a rotating spit, Pledge paddles Greek life into submission. Three boys, a “dudes only” initiation and the true meaning of “Hell Night.” Director Daniel Robbins and writer Zack Weiner...
20) Pledge
In a year when toxic masculinity takedowns skewered fratboy culture on a rotating spit, Pledge paddles Greek life into submission. Three boys, a “dudes only” initiation and the true meaning of “Hell Night.” Director Daniel Robbins and writer Zack Weiner...
- 12/31/2019
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
“The Blackcoat’s Daughter” director Osgood Perkins has signed on to write and direct the supernatural thriller “Incident at Fort Bragg” for Lionsgate.
The project is inspired by the true story of Irish priest Malachi Martin, who was brought in by the U.S. government to perform a sanctioned exorcism on a young soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., the largest military installation in the world.
FlynnPictureCo’s Beau Flynn will produce. Flynn previously produced “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” which totaled $144 million worldwide for Screen Gems, and “The Rite,” starring Anthony Hopkins, which earned $96 million worldwide.
Scott Glassgold of Ground Control Entertainment is also a producer, with Scott Sheldon of FlynnPictureCo serving as executive producer. Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds are overseeing development of the project for Lionsgate.
In addition to writing and directing A24’s “The Blackcoat’s Daughter,” starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka, Perkins wrote and helmed...
The project is inspired by the true story of Irish priest Malachi Martin, who was brought in by the U.S. government to perform a sanctioned exorcism on a young soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., the largest military installation in the world.
FlynnPictureCo’s Beau Flynn will produce. Flynn previously produced “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” which totaled $144 million worldwide for Screen Gems, and “The Rite,” starring Anthony Hopkins, which earned $96 million worldwide.
Scott Glassgold of Ground Control Entertainment is also a producer, with Scott Sheldon of FlynnPictureCo serving as executive producer. Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds are overseeing development of the project for Lionsgate.
In addition to writing and directing A24’s “The Blackcoat’s Daughter,” starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka, Perkins wrote and helmed...
- 9/26/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
New Yorkers: Win a “Purrfect” Evening Watching Pet Sematary Surrounded by Cats + Steelbook Giveaway!
Lucky New Yorkers will have an unprecedented opportunity to view Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Pet Sematary. The show happens July 9th, kicking off at 9 Pm (Est) at the Koneko Cat Café, 26 Clinton St. What’s more, there will be some special guests. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Jeté Laurence, who gave […] The post New Yorkers: Win a “Purrfect” Evening Watching Pet Sematary Surrounded by Cats + Steelbook Giveaway! appeared first on Dread Central.
- 7/2/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
2019 is a red-letter year for Stephen King. We’ve already seen Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Pet Sematary and we’ve got It: Chapter Two coming in September with Doctor Sleep to look forward to in November. We’ve also got new seasons of Mr. Mercedes and Castle Rock in the works, not to mention remakes of […] The post Alamo Drafthouse Celebrating “King-Sized Summer” with Films of Stephen King on the Big Screen appeared first on Dread Central.
- 6/28/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Yesterday, we shared a chilling alternate ending for Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s recent adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Today, we’ve got another spooky deleted scene (courtesy of our friends at Bloody Disgusting). Watch as the creepy kids in masks torment the dreams of the Creed family in the footage embedded at the top […] The post Special Features Announced for Pet Sematary 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray/DVD + “Night Terrors” Clip appeared first on Dread Central.
- 6/25/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Everyone loves a good Stephen King adaptation, good being the key word there. This year’s remake of Pet Sematary was divisive, sitting at a measly 57% on Metacritic (although our own Matt Donato seemed to enjoy it). One of the major criticisms was just how far the film divulged from the book, which led some to claim the original 1989 effort was a better adaptation, at least in that regard. Be that as it may, in anticipation of the upcoming home video release of the remake, the directors have now shared the original, scripted ending, and you can check it out down below.
What changed, exactly? Well, in the film proper, during the climactic fight between Louis (Jason Clarke) and his re-animated daughter Ellie (Jete Laurence), Louis’s knocked out at one point, during which time Ellie buries her near death mother, Rachel (Amy Siemetz). Louis wakes back up and just...
What changed, exactly? Well, in the film proper, during the climactic fight between Louis (Jason Clarke) and his re-animated daughter Ellie (Jete Laurence), Louis’s knocked out at one point, during which time Ellie buries her near death mother, Rachel (Amy Siemetz). Louis wakes back up and just...
- 6/25/2019
- by Josh Heath
- We Got This Covered
The ending of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Pet Sematary was completely gut-wrenching, but an alternate cut shared by Entertainment Weekly over the weekend is even more fucked up! Give it a spin below, but be warned: The context of these scene takes us into Spoiler Territory! Per EW: As in the climax of the […] The post See It Now: Alternate Ending to Pet Sematary is Even More F***ed Up appeared first on Dread Central.
- 6/24/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
I thought the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary was decent. I enjoyed it, but I still like the original film better. That movie will always have a special place in my heart for scaring the living shit out of me when I was a kid.
There were two different endings that were shot for this new adaptation. The theatrical ending features Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) following his evil resurrected zombie daughter Ellie (Jeté Laurence) as she drags her dying mother Rachel (Amy Seimetz) to the ancient cursed ground where she buries her. It’s there that Rachel comes back to life and kills her husband while he is fighting Ellie. It concludes with an undead Louis, Rachel, and Ellie approaching Gage who is waiting inside of a car.
This alternate ending is very different in tone and is actually a bit more disturbing and sad. It...
There were two different endings that were shot for this new adaptation. The theatrical ending features Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) following his evil resurrected zombie daughter Ellie (Jeté Laurence) as she drags her dying mother Rachel (Amy Seimetz) to the ancient cursed ground where she buries her. It’s there that Rachel comes back to life and kills her husband while he is fighting Ellie. It concludes with an undead Louis, Rachel, and Ellie approaching Gage who is waiting inside of a car.
This alternate ending is very different in tone and is actually a bit more disturbing and sad. It...
- 6/23/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Earlier this year, the original Pet Sematary film received a gorgeous 30th anniversary edition Blu-ray release to coincide with the new remake’s theatrical debut. Featuring a newly remastered print of the movie, tons of exclusive extras, and incredible hand-drawn artwork on its cover, the release is a must have for any horror fan.
But now, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s 2019 adaptation is headed to home video, and if you somehow missed out on picking up a copy of Mary Lambert’s 1989 film, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing both movies in a brand new combo-pack.
The Digital, 4K Ultra HD, and Blu-ray releases of the new film include over 90 minutes of supplementary extras, including deleted scenes, an alternate ending, and four “chapters” on the making of Stephen King’s most recent theatrical adaptation. The author himself praised the film as well, calling it “f-cking great,” so it’ll be...
But now, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s 2019 adaptation is headed to home video, and if you somehow missed out on picking up a copy of Mary Lambert’s 1989 film, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing both movies in a brand new combo-pack.
The Digital, 4K Ultra HD, and Blu-ray releases of the new film include over 90 minutes of supplementary extras, including deleted scenes, an alternate ending, and four “chapters” on the making of Stephen King’s most recent theatrical adaptation. The author himself praised the film as well, calling it “f-cking great,” so it’ll be...
- 6/7/2019
- by Mike Lee
- We Got This Covered
One of the non-human stars of 2019’s Pet Sematary has passed away. Leo was one of four Maine Coon cats who played Church in Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. Leo’s trainer, Kirk Jarrett, broke the news on Instagram: “It is with great sadness that we tell you that Leo has […] The post R.I.P. Leo the Cat: Furry Star of Pet Sematary Has Passed Away appeared first on Dread Central.
- 5/30/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
After pulling in nearly $110 million globally, Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kölsch’s Pet Sematary is coming home this summer with a digital release scheduled for June 25 followed by 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray combo packs hitting shelves on July 9. All bonus features, including an alternate ending and making-of featurettes, as well as more, […] The post Pet Sematary Digital and Home Video Dates Rise From the Grave appeared first on Dread Central.
- 5/21/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Landmark numbers across the board even as Thanos and the Avengers battered the box office to smithereens. Every single film took a hit, but three horror films push toward big numbers. I find it interesting that nobody is talking about Paramount Pictures’ new adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic Pet Sematary (read our review). The Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer-directed remake […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of the scariest characters in the recent re-adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer) wasn’t even human. I’m talking about that zombie cat Church! Thankfully, producers decided against creating CGI cats, but working with live animals comes with its own unique set of challenges. Church (short for Churchill) […] The post Video Explores the Art of Cat Wrangling for Movies & TV appeared first on Dread Central.
- 4/15/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.”—E. E. Cummings Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s most caliginous work, is unrelenting and unrepentant. The 1983 novel concerns the reanimation of carrion, if not the soul, and the discrepancy between corporeality and true life. It’s a sepulchral work, more ontological than most of King’s fiction, and a depiction of life and death at its simplest, its most existential.Louis Creed is a doctor who has just moved his family from Chicago to central Maine so he can spend more time with his family. His is a logical, scientific mind, while his wife, whose sister died of spinal meningitis when they were children, has a deep-seated fear of death and clings to vestigial notions of a happy afterlife. Louis befriends their elderly neighbor, Jud Crandall, who regales him with stories of halcyon days and becomes something of a surrogate father for Louis. When the Creeds’ cat,...
- 4/15/2019
- MUBI
Warning: Big spoilers for both the original and new versions of Pet Sematary ahead!
After watching the trailer for the Pet Sematary reboot a few months back, we were shocked to discover that the studio decided to give away a major twist that explains both of the horror flicks' chilling taglines: "Sometimes dead is better" and "They don't come back the same."
In this new adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel, directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer decided to change a major component of the original story. This time around, the young son of the Creed family isn't the one who dies - it's his older sister.
To give you some background, the film follows Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who moves into a sprawling rural home with his wife, Rachel (Amy Seimetz), and their two young children, 8-year-old Ellie (Jeté Laurence) and toddler Gage (twins Hugo Lavoie and Lucas Lavoie). Not long after they arrive,...
After watching the trailer for the Pet Sematary reboot a few months back, we were shocked to discover that the studio decided to give away a major twist that explains both of the horror flicks' chilling taglines: "Sometimes dead is better" and "They don't come back the same."
In this new adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel, directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer decided to change a major component of the original story. This time around, the young son of the Creed family isn't the one who dies - it's his older sister.
To give you some background, the film follows Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who moves into a sprawling rural home with his wife, Rachel (Amy Seimetz), and their two young children, 8-year-old Ellie (Jeté Laurence) and toddler Gage (twins Hugo Lavoie and Lucas Lavoie). Not long after they arrive,...
- 4/15/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
‘Back of the Net’
Facing zero competition from the new releases, New Line/DC Entertainment’s family superhero adventure Shazam! continued its reign at Australian cinemas last weekend.
Lionsgate’s Hellboy reboot, Universal’s comedy Little, Fox’s romantic drama The Aftermath and Laika Studios/Roadshow’s stop-motion animated comedy Missing Link all struggled, generally mirroring their Us results.
Meanwhile Umbrella’s Back of the Net, a young adult drama directed by Louise Alston and scripted by Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck, launched in Queensland and Victoria, netting $14,000 from limited sessions on 38 screens.
Don’t read too much into that because the film starring Sofia Wylie (the Disney Channel’s Andi Mack) as a soccer academy student who locks horns with the school’s star player Evie (Tiarnie Coupland) is rolling out over the next few weeks, dated for the school holidays.
Also, producer Steve Jaggi is soon expected to...
Facing zero competition from the new releases, New Line/DC Entertainment’s family superhero adventure Shazam! continued its reign at Australian cinemas last weekend.
Lionsgate’s Hellboy reboot, Universal’s comedy Little, Fox’s romantic drama The Aftermath and Laika Studios/Roadshow’s stop-motion animated comedy Missing Link all struggled, generally mirroring their Us results.
Meanwhile Umbrella’s Back of the Net, a young adult drama directed by Louise Alston and scripted by Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck, launched in Queensland and Victoria, netting $14,000 from limited sessions on 38 screens.
Don’t read too much into that because the film starring Sofia Wylie (the Disney Channel’s Andi Mack) as a soccer academy student who locks horns with the school’s star player Evie (Tiarnie Coupland) is rolling out over the next few weeks, dated for the school holidays.
Also, producer Steve Jaggi is soon expected to...
- 4/15/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Warning: very spooky spoilers for Pet Sematary ahead!
Before walking into the movie theater last week, I was fully aware that Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer's adaptation of Pet Sematary was going to diverge in a few ways from Stephen King's award-winning 1983 horror novel. (The trailer confirmed as much.) Although a movie documenting the Creed family's plight was first released in 1989, the most recent onscreen iteration of the story introduced another generation to the Wendigo and what happens when "some things are better off dead."
In both King's novel and the 2019 reboot, we meet the Creed family: Louis (Jason Clarke), a doctor who moves his wife and two young children - Ellie and Gage - from a bustling city to the small town of Ludlow, Me, so he can begin a new job at the University of Maine's hospital. He and his wife, Rachel (Amy Seimetz), hope...
Before walking into the movie theater last week, I was fully aware that Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer's adaptation of Pet Sematary was going to diverge in a few ways from Stephen King's award-winning 1983 horror novel. (The trailer confirmed as much.) Although a movie documenting the Creed family's plight was first released in 1989, the most recent onscreen iteration of the story introduced another generation to the Wendigo and what happens when "some things are better off dead."
In both King's novel and the 2019 reboot, we meet the Creed family: Louis (Jason Clarke), a doctor who moves his wife and two young children - Ellie and Gage - from a bustling city to the small town of Ludlow, Me, so he can begin a new job at the University of Maine's hospital. He and his wife, Rachel (Amy Seimetz), hope...
- 4/13/2019
- by Murphy Moroney
- Popsugar.com
The new version of Pet Sematary is a little more intimate than the average horror movie. Staying true to the spirit of Stephen King‘s book, there’s about as much drama as horror in Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer new version of the classic story. Especially in the first hour, the filmmakers take their time to make the Creed family a believable unit […]
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- 4/13/2019
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
The ending of the new Pet Sematary is unapologetically dark – just like the novel of Stephen King’s novel, and the 1989 film adaptation from Mary Lambert. But the ending you now see in theaters wasn’t the original ending that was shot. In a new, exclusive and spoiler-filled interview, Pet Sematary directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer broke down […]
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- 4/10/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Stars: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jete Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Obssa Ahmed | Written by Jeff Buhler, Matt Greenberg | Directed by Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children, Gage and Ellie, move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie ‘Pet Sematary’ located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes, dead is better.
Pet Sematary, directed by duo Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, is a reimagining of the chilling Stephen King novel and cult classic 1989 film of the same name directed by Mary Lambert. The 2019 remake is absolutely chilling and delightfully eerie. It makes you wait for the seismic terrors, but the payoff is horrifically unsettling with a truly...
Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children, Gage and Ellie, move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie ‘Pet Sematary’ located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes, dead is better.
Pet Sematary, directed by duo Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, is a reimagining of the chilling Stephen King novel and cult classic 1989 film of the same name directed by Mary Lambert. The 2019 remake is absolutely chilling and delightfully eerie. It makes you wait for the seismic terrors, but the payoff is horrifically unsettling with a truly...
- 4/10/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Pet Sematary.”]
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s “Pet Sematary” made headlines before its release for making one huge change to the Stephen King novel upon which it’s based. King’s “Pet Sematary” finds the Creed family’s toddler son being killed and resurrected, while the 2019 film adaptation keeps the toddler alive and kills the family’s young daughter. It turns out that might not have been the only big change, as King himself pitched a new ending for the movie after getting an early look at the adaptation on a digital screener.
“Producers and filmmakers always get really nervous when it gets down to the ending of the movie, because they understand, and I understand, that how people go out is going to affect what the word of mouth is,” King recently told Entertainment Weekly.
“Pet Sematary” includes one of King’s bleakest endings, which is one reason...
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s “Pet Sematary” made headlines before its release for making one huge change to the Stephen King novel upon which it’s based. King’s “Pet Sematary” finds the Creed family’s toddler son being killed and resurrected, while the 2019 film adaptation keeps the toddler alive and kills the family’s young daughter. It turns out that might not have been the only big change, as King himself pitched a new ending for the movie after getting an early look at the adaptation on a digital screener.
“Producers and filmmakers always get really nervous when it gets down to the ending of the movie, because they understand, and I understand, that how people go out is going to affect what the word of mouth is,” King recently told Entertainment Weekly.
“Pet Sematary” includes one of King’s bleakest endings, which is one reason...
- 4/8/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Moviegoers have not been shy about braving the deadfall and heading to a place where the ground is sour, as the first weekend numbers (thanks to Box Office Mojo) reveal that the film had the second highest opening weekend for a Stephen King adaptation (ranking behind only the massive $123 million opening weekend of 2017's It).
Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, the new R-rated adaptation of Stephen King's chilling 1983 novel had a production budget of about $21 million, and in addition to bringing in an estimated $25 million stateside, it raked in over $17 million internationally, combining for a global gross of about $42 million.
In the overall box office numbers for this weekend, Pet Sematary ranks only behind Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema's Shazam!, which clocked in an estimated $53.4 million domestically.
Released in 1990, Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary adaptation (which was written by King himself), grossed $57 million at the box office,...
Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, the new R-rated adaptation of Stephen King's chilling 1983 novel had a production budget of about $21 million, and in addition to bringing in an estimated $25 million stateside, it raked in over $17 million internationally, combining for a global gross of about $42 million.
In the overall box office numbers for this weekend, Pet Sematary ranks only behind Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema's Shazam!, which clocked in an estimated $53.4 million domestically.
Released in 1990, Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary adaptation (which was written by King himself), grossed $57 million at the box office,...
- 4/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s remake of Pet Sematary hit Us theaters nationwide this weekend to primarily awesome reviews. It’s brought attention back to the novel by Stephen King and the first adaptation of the film, directed by Mary Lambert and released in 1989. Lambert’s Pet Sematary has always been regarded as a horror classic, […] The post Here’s Why Stephen King and Mary Lambert Often Met at Denny’s While Working on Pet Sematary appeared first on Dread Central.
- 4/7/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
The opening for Paramount Pictures’ new adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic Pet Sematary (read our review) was anything but sour. Directed by Starry Eyes filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, the modern take opened to a strong estimated $25M domestic take on a reported $20M budget. It added another $17.3M internationally for a globally opening of $42.3M. The film needs to top $70M globally in order […]...
- 4/7/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Warner Bros.’ “Shazam!” is powering to the top of the domestic box office with an estimated $51 million from 4,217 North American locations in its debut.
The DC and New Line superhero story drew $20.5 million domestically on Friday along with $29.2 million globally. “Shazam’s” international cume is currently sitting at $44 million.
Asher Angel stars in the film as a young boy named Billy Batson who transforms into the titular adult superhero (Zachary Levi) when he says “Shazam.” David F. Sandberg directed from a script by Henry Gayden. The film has received an A CinemaScore and a 91% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Paramount’s remake of “Pet Sematary” should conjure up about $23 million from 3,585 domestic sites after taking in around $10 million on Friday to land in second.
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer directed the second film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, which stars John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seitmetz. It...
The DC and New Line superhero story drew $20.5 million domestically on Friday along with $29.2 million globally. “Shazam’s” international cume is currently sitting at $44 million.
Asher Angel stars in the film as a young boy named Billy Batson who transforms into the titular adult superhero (Zachary Levi) when he says “Shazam.” David F. Sandberg directed from a script by Henry Gayden. The film has received an A CinemaScore and a 91% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Paramount’s remake of “Pet Sematary” should conjure up about $23 million from 3,585 domestic sites after taking in around $10 million on Friday to land in second.
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer directed the second film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, which stars John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seitmetz. It...
- 4/6/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Church the cat is at the center of the the horror maelstrom that is Pet Sematary, the latest Stephen King adaptation to hit theaters. So directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kölsch had to make sure that Church had the right look to portray the adorable pet and the undead feline it becomes, apart from all the blood and […]
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- 4/6/2019
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Happy Friday, dear readers! Now that it’s officially Pet Sematary weekend, we have one final video interview to share with you all, featuring the new adaptation’s breakout star, Jeté Laurence, who portrays Ellie Creed in the film (and also recently appeared in Jenn Wexler’s The Ranger as well). During our interview with the up-and-coming actress, she talked about the duality of her character in Pet Sematary (2019) and how working with directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer really helped her understand who Ellie was.
Laurence also discussed how she got to take on a lot of her own stunts in the film, and reassured us that working on the new Pet Sematary wasn’t nearly as scary as it seems in the movie.
Look for the new Pet Sematary in theaters now, courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t seen any of the Pet Sematary...
Laurence also discussed how she got to take on a lot of her own stunts in the film, and reassured us that working on the new Pet Sematary wasn’t nearly as scary as it seems in the movie.
Look for the new Pet Sematary in theaters now, courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t seen any of the Pet Sematary...
- 4/5/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The hottest trend in horror right now is Stephen King, and specifically, remakes of some of his seminal works. Most recently, It was a box office smash, which got the ball rolling. Now, we have a new Pet Sematary on our hands. A more efficient updating of the original film, it also makes enough changes to the story that we’re not just watching the exact same narrative play out over again. Bleak, creepy, and effective enough to recommend, it’s also not nearly as good as the early buzz out of SXSW this year suggested. It’s a decent fright flick but that’s about it. The movie is, of course, a remake of the adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. The Creed family is looking for a slower paced life as they relocate to a small town in rural Maine from their busy Boston life.
- 4/5/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Pet Sematary hype is real. The new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel is now in theaters with directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer in the driver’s seat. The movie once again unearths the tragedy and grief suffered by the Creed family after they relocate to rural Maine and fall victim to a creepy burial ground that has the power to reanimate the dead. For those who remain unsold on a new version of a story that likely disrupted their childhoods, look no further than Kölsch and Widmyer’s 2014 film, Starry Eyes, to see the horrors in store in the new take on King’s iconic tale.
Starry Eyes tells the story of a young woman named Sarah (Alex Essoe), who’s hoping to live out her dream of making it as an actress in the rough-and-tumble town of Los Angeles. She repeatedly endures torturous auditions while working...
Starry Eyes tells the story of a young woman named Sarah (Alex Essoe), who’s hoping to live out her dream of making it as an actress in the rough-and-tumble town of Los Angeles. She repeatedly endures torturous auditions while working...
- 4/5/2019
- by Nick Caruso
- DailyDead
Death affects people differently. Sometimes in unexpected ways. For some, coping with the inevitable is hard to even think about. For some, they are plagued by images of their loved ones now gone. For some, the outcome can’t be accepted and so denial sets in.
What death is and what death means and all the other complicated questions that arise from this thought process can lead to a gateway of ideas that are both fascinating and terrifying. While Stephen King’s classic novel deals with the many stages of death and grief, Pet Sematary (2019) is more interested in traveling down a path of cheap thrills and visual cues already presented in Mary Lambert’s 1989 film of the same name. Bringing to mind horror films from the early aughts, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s remake is made up of tiny jump scares every five minutes – a filmmaking rule that...
What death is and what death means and all the other complicated questions that arise from this thought process can lead to a gateway of ideas that are both fascinating and terrifying. While Stephen King’s classic novel deals with the many stages of death and grief, Pet Sematary (2019) is more interested in traveling down a path of cheap thrills and visual cues already presented in Mary Lambert’s 1989 film of the same name. Bringing to mind horror films from the early aughts, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s remake is made up of tiny jump scares every five minutes – a filmmaking rule that...
- 4/5/2019
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There’s something somewhat hypocritical in remaking a horror yarn about the perils of not leaving something well enough alone. Much like Jason Clarke’s Louis Creed, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Pet Sematary disregards any red flags or warning signs to bring the long-gestating Stephen King (re)adaptation back from the dead. The result of this abandon is a sincere examination of grief, coupled with enough knowing, ghoulish fun to not only justify its existence, but also serve as a delightful terror-delivery system.
On an exodus from Boston to their new home in Ludlow, Maine, the Creeds acclimate to the town’s quieter comforts, only to (surprise!) discover that their home is adjacent to a local burial ground for deceased pets. Upon the untimely demise of their cat Church, their elderly neighbor Jud (an excellent John Lithgow) introduces Louis to the burial ground’s darker benefits–resurrecting the dead.
On an exodus from Boston to their new home in Ludlow, Maine, the Creeds acclimate to the town’s quieter comforts, only to (surprise!) discover that their home is adjacent to a local burial ground for deceased pets. Upon the untimely demise of their cat Church, their elderly neighbor Jud (an excellent John Lithgow) introduces Louis to the burial ground’s darker benefits–resurrecting the dead.
- 4/5/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The first time that I saw Mary Lambert’s big screen adaptation of Pet Sematary, it creeped my young mind out. And while I wasn’t fully convinced a remake was something that would work, my position was quickly changed when I caught the latest nightmarish take brought to us by the incredibly talented filmmakers who haunted us with Starry Eyes. Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer have given their unique stamp to Stephen King’s terrifying tale, and frankly,…...
- 4/5/2019
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
When Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) move from the hustle of Boston to the rural quiet of Ludlow, Maine they expect their lives to slow down so they can finally spend some quality time with their children, nine-year-old Ellie (Jeté Laurence) and two-year-old Gage (Lucas & Hugo Lavoie). However, the new house in the woods comes with an extra thirty acres of mysterious forest in which a sinister ancient power lurks. When tragedy befalls the family, a father's grief awakens a malevolent entity that won't be satisfied until it consumes them all. One of Stephen King’s darkest and most terrifying stories gets a facelift in Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s new adaptation of the 1983 novel, Pet Sematary. The story was first...
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- 4/4/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Later today, the newest adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is heading to theaters everywhere, but before we take another trip to that ill-fated soured ground, we have another video interview on tap, this time with Pet Sematary (2019)’s producer, Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
During our chat with di Bonaventura, he discussed the challenges of adapting the Pet Sematary novel, his thoughts on why our society is so preoccupied with the idea of defying death and our own mortality, and how this story taps into those ideas. He also discussed how Starry Eyes helped get Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer the directing gig for this film, and why that Kölsch/Widmyer collaboration stood out from the pack of recent horror movies. Di Bonaventura also talked about not wanting to take the safe route with this iteration of Pet Sematary and taking the darkest path possible with the thematic elements to this script.
During our chat with di Bonaventura, he discussed the challenges of adapting the Pet Sematary novel, his thoughts on why our society is so preoccupied with the idea of defying death and our own mortality, and how this story taps into those ideas. He also discussed how Starry Eyes helped get Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer the directing gig for this film, and why that Kölsch/Widmyer collaboration stood out from the pack of recent horror movies. Di Bonaventura also talked about not wanting to take the safe route with this iteration of Pet Sematary and taking the darkest path possible with the thematic elements to this script.
- 4/4/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
John Saavedra Apr 7, 2019
The Pet Sematary remake dishes out a surprising ending to a well-told tale. Follow us into the pet sematary as we break down the ending...
This Pet Sematary article contains major spoilers.
Stephen King once called the brutal 1983 novel Pet Sematary his scariest book, and in this new age of King adaptations, that means this dark story gets a remake. A modern retelling of the book King wrote in 1978 and then shoved into a drawer because he thought it was too grim (even for him!), Pet Sematary checks off several of our favorite horror tropes: spooky houses, killer kids, conniving cats, ancient burial grounds, and lots of murder. Needless to say, we quite liked the movie.
While this new version of the story sticks closely to the events of the book, with a couple of nods to Mary Lambert's 1989 movie, the 2019 movie veers in a completely...
The Pet Sematary remake dishes out a surprising ending to a well-told tale. Follow us into the pet sematary as we break down the ending...
This Pet Sematary article contains major spoilers.
Stephen King once called the brutal 1983 novel Pet Sematary his scariest book, and in this new age of King adaptations, that means this dark story gets a remake. A modern retelling of the book King wrote in 1978 and then shoved into a drawer because he thought it was too grim (even for him!), Pet Sematary checks off several of our favorite horror tropes: spooky houses, killer kids, conniving cats, ancient burial grounds, and lots of murder. Needless to say, we quite liked the movie.
While this new version of the story sticks closely to the events of the book, with a couple of nods to Mary Lambert's 1989 movie, the 2019 movie veers in a completely...
- 4/4/2019
- Den of Geek
Stars: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jete Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Obssa Ahmed | Written by Jeff Buhler, Matt Greenberg | Directed by Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
Mary Lambert’s 1989 film adaptation was a decent stab at Stephen King’s 1983 novel. It was fairly faithful and had a pleasing sense of the surreal – the latter mostly thanks to some ingenious casting (the sickly sister character was played by an emaciated male actor) and clever editing (it’s amazing how you can make a three-year-old look so evil just by juxtaposing scowls and giggles). The 2019 version, co-directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, is a more rampant reimagining of the source material. Slower and more sombre than your common or garden Conjuring fare, but rather cheesy compared with some of the modern horror classics with which we’ve been recently blessed, it has some great moments but doesn’t do quite enough to...
Mary Lambert’s 1989 film adaptation was a decent stab at Stephen King’s 1983 novel. It was fairly faithful and had a pleasing sense of the surreal – the latter mostly thanks to some ingenious casting (the sickly sister character was played by an emaciated male actor) and clever editing (it’s amazing how you can make a three-year-old look so evil just by juxtaposing scowls and giggles). The 2019 version, co-directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, is a more rampant reimagining of the source material. Slower and more sombre than your common or garden Conjuring fare, but rather cheesy compared with some of the modern horror classics with which we’ve been recently blessed, it has some great moments but doesn’t do quite enough to...
- 4/4/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
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