Parents Guide for
Pet Sematary (1989) More at IMDbPro »

There is no sexual content in this film.

There is some violent and gory content in this film. Particular scenes include the following:

A child kills a man with a scalpel. The child saws through the mans achilles before slashing his mouth ear-to-ear, he then bites his throat out.

A child kills his mother with a scalpel. (Not Shown)

A man is fatally run over by a truck and his bloody head is shown.

A man has his throat ripped out.

A toddler is hit by a truck off-screen.

A man has his heel and mouth slashed with a scalpel.

There is some strong language in this film.

Legal adults indulge in alcohol; some also smoke.

A dying, emaciated girl with spinal meningitis is shown in a scene, and her sister has disturbing visions of her "coming to get her".

A child murders intentionally.

A scene in which a cat dies may upset some more sensitive audiences; same with the even more disturbing scene in which a small boy is killed by a truck.

The ending is likely to upset most audiences.

The film's main theme of loss may upset some viewers