Pet Sematary, Resurrected

A resuscitation of Stephen King adaptations has brought new life to this cat-came-back story. EW ventures into the woods to dig up a first look at the creature feature.

- Anthony Breznican

CURIOSITY LURES THE LITTLE GIRL DOWN the old path behind her house—a feeling that only deepens along with the surrounding woods. She ends up in a clearing, staring at what seems like junk and litter. Moldy stuffed animals stare from the weeds. Boards, pipes, and beaten tin jut from the ground. Photographs and drawings that weep with dried rainwater are tacked to the occasional tree.

Then she notices these markers are arrayed in concentric circles. “Smucky the Cat,” one of them reads. “He was obediant.” At the entrance to the clearing stands a weatherworn piece of scrap wood with another misspelling: Pet Sematary.