Stephen King has been going through an epic cinematic renaissance lately. We’ve seen a glut of fantastic, interesting big and small screen takes on the horror master’s work—and maybe one not so great attempt, sorry Dark Tower fans. The latest endeavor is a reworking of his 1983 novel Pet Sematary from directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, the duo behind indie horror hit Starry Eyes. And it’s…fine.
“Sometimes dead is better.” And sometimes trailers appear to give away a lot, which has been the case with Pet Sematary. Then again, I haven’t seen the movie, but the trailers, including this new, final trailer, appear to reveal some things. But what the hell. I’m all kinds of jazzed about this regardless, though I’m pretty indifferent to spoilers and such. Maybe tread lightly. Or maybe that's what they mean when they say there's a price to be paid.
You know, sometimes dead really is better. And if you need more proof of that, check out this brand spanking new trailer for Pet Sematary, it’s a hell of a way to start your day. Just a heads up, it may be spoiler-y. Beware.
“Sometimes dead is better.” We can go back and forth all day about the value of remakes and reboots and whatnot, but in the end, as long as a movie delivers the goods, who really cares about the origins or source material? And I know this is just a trailer, and I know we still have to wait until April of next year, but this first trailer for the new adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary looks like it has the right stuff. Check it out.
In a summer of rehashed franchises, I quite enjoyed
Jurassic World (it isn’t a great movie,
but it’s a damn lot of fun), and Mad Max: Fury Road is one
of best, most eyebrow-scorching action films in years. If you were hoping that
Terminator Genisys, the fifth installment in the
killer-robots-from-the-future saga, was going to fall somewhere in this realm,
you will be disappointed. Lazy storytelling, messy CGI, and bland action
combine to form a movie that the most natural reaction to is a slump-shouldered
sigh and a muttered, “I wish that was better.” Intended to launch a new
trilogy, it doesn’t bring enough, or any, new ideas to the table to warrant
more.
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. We’ve heard
that Terminator Genisys rewrites the franchise timeline, and
that one scene features Arnold Schwarzenegger’s older, grizzled T-800 throwing
down with his original 1984 self. There have been glimpses, and we don’t get to
see much in this new clip, but we get the beginning, and that’s enough to pique
my interest. Check it out after the jump.
