marty888

Back to his horror roots .... after all, he was in Return To Horror High.

Giantrobo

and The Facts of Life....

SoSpacey

Natalie in short shorts.....the horror.

Buttmunker

Is George Clooney still slated to play Louis Creed in the remake?

Groucho

Dead link, highly unlikely rumor.

Buttmunker

just as well.......George Clooney is just too old to be playing the young Dr. Creed. He is, however, old enough to play Jud Crandall.

brayzie

Y'know, with the popularity of the zombie genre right now I'm very surprised this series isn't as popular as WALKING DEAD and that it hasn't been made a movie.

I loved the Deadworld storyline. Maybe it's too 80s? I dunno but it would make one really good movie.

DeputyDave

The only scary bit for me in the original was the flashback to the wife's sister, Zelda.

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Buttmunker

There were a lot of little scenes I thought were "well-done" from the original:

(not in any particular order, just as they come to me)

01: Louis bashing his head on the end table after awakening the morning Gage returned. Either that table was made of rubber, or that was quite a dangerous stunt for Dale.

02: Gage getting run down in the road "like a chipmunk," and the ensuing anguish displayed by Louis after the accident - the scream. The editing done for that whole set-up was excellently executed.

03: the casting of Fred Gwynne (sp?) as "Jud Crandall." A better Jud you will not find.

04: same to be said for the cat who played "Church." That was a great cat - especially the scene upon his return from the Micmac burying ground in the garage. MEEEOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!

Naturally, there were not-so-excellent scenes interspersed with the good: I went to see this movie with my buddy in 1989, and I remember that everyone in the theater let out with an unwitting and unexpected laugh when the resurrected Gage looked balefully at Louis and said "Not fair, not fair," after getting poked with the needle. I think the laugh killed the whole effect Stephen King made so effective in his book. [Tom Hanks]There's no laughing in resurrected children![/Tom Hanks]

I thought the scenes with Bill and Timmy Baterman were poorly done. Instead of a wicked, evil, and intelligent "Timmy," it was a retard cannibal "Timmy," and that went against the whole grain of the book.

So many scenes director Mary Lambert got so right, in tone and execution to what was in the novel, and then some scenes she just went willy-nilly and did her own thing. In her case, "her own thing" made for a schlocky rendition.

Oh, and I didn't much care for the Zelda or the Pascow scenes. Too overdone.

Groucho

With a sister like Zelda it's a shock she didn't pull a Murdoch.

tellybox

Zelda still creeps me out from time to time, and I saw the film about ten years ago. Good on Lambert for that.

I might have to revisit this film soon. Nay for the remake as well, but I think that goes without saying.

Buttmunker

I think Michael C. Hall (Dexter) would make a great Louis Creed.

Cheato

That never gets old.

Buttmunker

You sure about that?

Buttmunker

Ten Things I Learned From “Pet Sematary:”

01: The soil of a man’s heart is stonier. A man grows what he can…and tends to it
02: What you buy is what you own, and what you own always comes home to you
03: never buy a house where trucks whiz by every five minutes at top speed
04: sometimes dead is better
05: if you’re going to stand watch for fathers returning home from cemeteries with their dead children, you should probably stand up and drink coffee instead of sitting down and drinking beer
06: it is easy to forgive father-in-laws who punch you in the face at your son’s funeral, but not so easy to forgive them for attempting to pay your way through medical school
07: Norma Crandall was quite the little slut in her younger years
08: when hysterical children run from their deformed/demented sisters, it may look as though they’re crying, but they’re really laughing
09: children with spinal meningitis are sometimes left in back bedrooms like dirty secrets
10: when dead cats get pulled out of the frost, it sounds like ticky-tape

toddly6666

And Matt Damon is going to play the son, Gage Creed:

Tarantino

Chucky?

Michael Corvin

Before Darabont came around, Pet Sematary was one of the few King films that did the novel justice. I say let the original stand. Best not go down that road!

dex14

I guess Muschetti is going to be disappointed...

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/pe...nt-1202603011/

GoldenJCJ

Meh, there are other King stories I’d like to see be given a larger budget release first, but whatever.

TheMovieman

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk...ry-remake.html

dex14

Thanks. I knew there was one. But when I searched, I did it with the correct spelling, not the King spelling.

TheHive08

Surprised they didn't go with Muschetti considering how badly it seemed he wanted to do it and the success of "IT". Unless it was simply a financial thing.

Mike86

Meh. The original is one of the better King adaptations. I don’t see a need for a remake.

DaveyJoe

I haven't seen Starry Eyes so I don't know what to think, except that the original Pet Sematary holds up pretty well.