Pet Sematary
Sometimes dead is better.
Horrorbased on novel or bookfuneralparent child relationshipcoffinpethalloweenvillainhead injuryresurrectionwoodsgriefzombie
A dark supernatural horror centered on grief and the catastrophic consequences of a parent's desperate attempt to undo death through forbidden resurrection.
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
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