Paramount hires Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer for "Pet Sematary" remake
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Interesting. I don't know who they are, but here's hoping they'll do a good job.
I grew up loving Pet Sematary, and even Pet Sematary 2, after a friend introduced me to the first during a sleepover.
I grew up loving Pet Sematary, and even Pet Sematary 2, after a friend introduced me to the first during a sleepover.
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Here's hoping they don't omit the Wendigo from this version. That made the book so much more interesting, though I do really like the movie.
Her and Pascow's brain just hanging out all over the place. That fucked me up.
A version without the insufferable Miko Hughes can only be a good thing.
Watch them cast him as the father
Watch them cast him as the father
I just bought the House 1&2 Blu-Ray set...I forgot just how great they were. House 2 is one of my favorite films of all time.
Yeah i saw House 2 a year ago... man that movie rocks!, i like it better than the first one even!
I don't remember him being in those movies... which one was he in?
Cliff Clavin saving the day is hilarious, especially with Norm being part of the first one.
This is a remake / re imagining I welcome with open arms. The movie is so undercooked -- no build up, no chemistry between the family members, rushed. It was such a missed opportunity.
It could be a truly terrifying movie. And yeah, the wendigo needs to be the antagonist.
It could be a truly terrifying movie. And yeah, the wendigo needs to be the antagonist.
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I mean, this one could work out for them. Pet Sematary was one of the movies I thought would get the It Bump. If it's done right, it could be a nice hit for Paramount.
I've seen starry eyes - its actually pretty good.
Considering how viseral and scary I thought PS was when I saw it, this has big shoes to fill. But I'm keen!
Considering how viseral and scary I thought PS was when I saw it, this has big shoes to fill. But I'm keen!
Honestly, outside of The Shining, Stand By Me, and The Dead Zone almost all of the 80s King adaptations could stand to be revisited (and hell, two of those were).
how are you forgetting Carrie though? which not only was already fantastic (and arguably the second best King adaptation), but it was revisited to mediocre results.
edit: ah my bad. didn't read the 80s part.
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Yep, as a King fan, Carrie was 76. And it holds up! It features a really weird, ethereal quality that totally fits the novel while massively reinterpreting the storytelling.
To my view, as someone who read a good half of King's oeuvre (and keeps plugging away little by little) the good adaptations are -
Carrie (1976)
The Shining (1980) - though I am not opposed to an update that better reflects King's original views of the story; Kubrick changed a lot!
The Dead Zone (1983)
Stand By Me (1986)
Misery (1990)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - along with the Green Mile, it's a masterpiece
Dolores Claiborne (1995) - this one is severely underrated, both the film and the novel
The Green Mile (1999)
The Mist (2007)
11.22.63 (2016)
It (2017)
Gerald's Game (2017)
Note, I haven't seen 1922, The Dark Tower, or The Dark Half.
That leaves a good 80% of King's writing up for good adaptations. Some works are inherently prone to suffer, such as Cell and Dreamcatcher, because the novels themselves are questionable at best (I kind of liked the Cell novel, but wouldn't call it good).
To my thinking, the following ought to be revisited - Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, The Stand, Cujo, Christine, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (make it YA, maybe animated in the style of the pop-up book that was released), From A Buick 8, and a host of short stories. I'd really focus on the short stories published in Everything's Eventual, especially "Autopsy Room Four" and "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away", the latter of which I think of as King's best story. Can't speak much to the last decade of output as I haven't gotten there.
To my view, as someone who read a good half of King's oeuvre (and keeps plugging away little by little) the good adaptations are -
Carrie (1976)
The Shining (1980) - though I am not opposed to an update that better reflects King's original views of the story; Kubrick changed a lot!
The Dead Zone (1983)
Stand By Me (1986)
Misery (1990)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - along with the Green Mile, it's a masterpiece
Dolores Claiborne (1995) - this one is severely underrated, both the film and the novel
The Green Mile (1999)
The Mist (2007)
11.22.63 (2016)
It (2017)
Gerald's Game (2017)
Note, I haven't seen 1922, The Dark Tower, or The Dark Half.
That leaves a good 80% of King's writing up for good adaptations. Some works are inherently prone to suffer, such as Cell and Dreamcatcher, because the novels themselves are questionable at best (I kind of liked the Cell novel, but wouldn't call it good).
To my thinking, the following ought to be revisited - Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, The Stand, Cujo, Christine, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (make it YA, maybe animated in the style of the pop-up book that was released), From A Buick 8, and a host of short stories. I'd really focus on the short stories published in Everything's Eventual, especially "Autopsy Room Four" and "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away", the latter of which I think of as King's best story. Can't speak much to the last decade of output as I haven't gotten there.
The King train is in full motion...anyway I liked Starry Eyes and love the 1st Pet,hopefully they don't mess the remake up
First look from EW
https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/04/first-look-new-movie-stephen-king-pet-sematary/
More at the link
https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/04/first-look-new-movie-stephen-king-pet-sematary/
More at the link
To touch on an old point, those directors are perfect for this. Starry Eyes had the kind of slow-burn pace, gross unsettling imagery, and dark themes that acted as a great test run for a movie like Pet Sematary
Clarke seems like he needs the right director to be great. He was good in Everest, Mudbound, and Planet of the Apes, and he's in First Man
I'm a huge fan of the original film. It legitimately creeped me put as a kid. I watch it with my girlfriend every year or two out of nostalgia, I guess, but it is enjoyable in an offbeat way.
The book scared the shit out of me as a young teen, something I can't say about many other pieces of media.
The book scared the shit out of me as a young teen, something I can't say about many other pieces of media.
Studios are. Tommyknockers, In The Tall Grass, Doctor Sleep, The Long Walk, Suffer the Little Children, and The Gingerbread Girl are all in the works, along with new adaptations of The Stand and Firestarter
Revival and The Talisman have been mentioned but not much else beyond talk
I disagree. I think we need a poll to decide who is right. ;)idk she just looks exactly like Ricci in Addams Family to me
They made Starry Eyes. It's a pretty good hidden gem of a horror movie.