Pet Sematary (30th Anniversary Edition) (1989)

Spirits moan among the tombstones as Stephen King adapts his own best-seller about a mysterious Indian burial ground with resurrective powers. After the graveyard brings the Creeds’ cat back from the dead, the family patriarch hopes it will do the same for his recently deceased son. But when the boy returns as a bloodthirsty murderer, it’s up to dad to stop his reign of terror. Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, and Fred Gwynne star. 103 min. C/Rtg: R

Pet Sematary (2019)

Boston doctor Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) had been having the standard difficulties moving practice, wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz), and kids to rural Maine. However, when the beloved cat of daughter Ellie (Jeté Laurence) is killed in traffic, eccentric new neighbor Jud (John Lithgow) tips him to the uncanny restorative properties of a local Indian burial ground...and starts a string of unholy consequences. Disquieting do-over of the Stephen King shocker co-stars Obssa Ahmed, Maria Herrera. 101 min. C/Rtg: R

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.