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Mary Lamberts 1989 adaptation ofPet Semataryis legend among horror fans.
But thats maybe the lowest of hurdles?
In the end, though, its fairly clear thatSematarywins for his scariest movie so far.
How scary is it compared to other John Lithgow movies?Pet Sematarydoes not have the advantage here.
Lithgow was in Brian De PalmasBlow Out, a classic neo-noir thriller.
And good luck convincing meHarry and the Hendersonsisnt a horror movie!
How scary is it compared to other horror movies with freaky animals?Lets talk about the cat.
Even among the Stephen Kingadaptations,Cujogives you more pet menace, andArachnophobiawill serve up better domestic-setting animal suspense.
Those kids in the animal masks during the dog funeral procession, however?
Ellie is killed by the semi-truck instead of Gage.
(Shout-out to Miko Hughes, the original Gage, for being both so cute and so scary!)
Evil Ellie is unsettling, but shes not in the hall of fame.
In terms of frights, newSemataryrests comfortably among the middle of the King film pack, maybe even high-middle.
Its not quite as scary as newIt, but its definitely more scary than theCarrieupdate from 2013.
Its not as good as the recentGeralds Game, though it is more outright scary than1922.
Pascows head, the ankle, every single thing about the dying sister Zelda they were grotesque terrors.
The result is somewhere in between.
But itwill provide some great shocks to your system if youre looking for big-screen scares.
(The way the directors toy with your expectations around the infamous Achilles cut is especially satisfying.)
