# Pet Sematary (2019)

> A grieving family discovers that a forbidden burial ground can return the dead, but never without a horrifying cost.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/96544

## Facts

- Runtime: 101 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kölsch
- Cast: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie, Obssa Ahmed, Sonia Maria Chirila
- TMDB rating: 5.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837563/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: foreboding, bleak, harrowing, halloween night, late night horror marathon

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