Pet Sematary

[Review]: ‘Pet Sematary’ Isn’t Bleak or Brutal Enough

If we haven’t OD’d on superhero movies by now, it’s unlikely that we’ll run out of patience for the nostalgia fuel that is the Stephen King adaptation. The latest comes from Starry Eyes directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer and it’s a tale we’ve seen before: King’s 1983 novel Pet Sematary. Mary Lambert’s 1989 film…

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‘Starry Eyes’ and the Art of Selling Your Soul

The horror genre is tricky terrain to traverse. Often cited for being vapid and derivative, truly great horror films are hard to come by, which is understandable given the steady hodgepodge of remakes and reboots abound. But every so often a Babadook-type comes down the line – a horror film with integrity, characters we actually…