PET SEMATARY (1989) has scarred me for life * FIRST TIME WATCHING * in total darkness

[@OldRod99]

"If we see a little zombie kid in this movie, I'm going to freak out!" *whistles innocently*

[@abalamdepaimon6891]

When she said that i couldn't resist an evil smirk and chuckle 🤭

[@sumthingwikked4257]

Define "Zombie", Ashleigh.

[@gritmorningstar]

Stephen King giggling

[@razycrandomgirl]

She called so many 😢plot points. Like the house burning down the baby returning and game's creepy burial gown. Also Judd being sus.

[@hullbarrett]

I, also, _Whistle Innocently._ 😘

[@JakkFrost1]

By the time he buried his wife up there, he was quite literally insane from grief and horror. He wasn't thinking clearly at all.

[@jculver1674]

Yeah, that's what the "soil of a man's heart is stonier" line is about. As horrible as loss is, having the power to undo it is even worse, and by the end he was so obsessed by it that it drove him mad. People can't think clearly when they're grieving, and he had simply lost too much to think about anything other than wanting to get his family back.

[@Henrik_Holst]

I think it is also a bit of Reanimator thinking, aka that it failed before because they had been dead for to long while his wife was "fresh".

[@asperhes]

It's too bad they didn't find a good actor to play this role so that this could be communicated to the audience.

[@razycrandomgirl]

​@@asperheshe wasn't that bad ...

[@asperhes]

@@razycrandomgirl Him and Tasha Yar were just terrible. It's striking how much better the side characters were.

[@jdarnone]

The laughter of a child is a beautiful thing, unless it's 1:00am, you're home alone and you don't have kids.

[@dianedeck9790]

ain't the the truth.

[@MissMTriana21]

😂😂😂😂

[@teresadixon2899]

My son was at a friend's house one weekend, and while reading creepypastas around 3 at night, I heard what sounded like a baby coo from the next room. All my cats were in the room with me and sat up staring in the direction of the sound. Never lit up sage so fast in my life (and I always have a knife or my ax close.)

[@TheRiehlThing42]

I once took an old cellphone of mine, downloaded a kid's laugh ringtone. I set the alarm to go off at random weird times late at night, only for 5 seconds before it shut off on its own, and then hid it under my friend's couch. It took them a week to find it.

[@kanukki84]

It often happens to me that when I wake up unexpectedly in the middle of sleep, I may see non-existent things. Once I fell asleep on my couch and when I suddenly woke up, I saw a little boy peeping at me from behind the door. I stared at it for a moment and had to go and look behind the door :D

[@avp090381]

Fun fact, Stephen King said that he scared himself writing this book. He didn't even want to publish it because it freaked him out so much. But he owed his publisher a manuscript, and his wife told him he should send it in.

[@Blue-6773]

Gage turning around after getting the injection in the neck and saying "No fair Daddy, no fair" has lived rent free in my head for decades, since I first watched this film. I've only watched it once, and yet I remember that scene vividly. Thanks for refreshing the trauma. Love ya girl, great reaction!👻🐈‍⬛

[@SummerSolstice621]

Same! It’s my favorite part of the whole movie. 😂😂

[@wethepeople5753]

Mine is when he's on the phone. "Now I want to play wif yoooou."

[@mestupkid211986]

Its worse now that I have a kid

[@michele36618]

Me too !!!! And “now I want to play with youuuuu” Creepy kid creepy kid !!!

[@jameson32]

It's way worse in the book. When Lewis injects Gage, he dies as the real Gage, his face "full of pain", and to Gage, is murdered by his dad.

[@YouLousyKids]

4:06 "You need to slow that semi down on these country roads, you're gonna kill somebody!" - Shouted without an ounce of irony. This is why I love Ashleigh's channel.

[@billwenham]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pompe221]

Came to the comments to see who referenced this. Was not disappointed.

[@TheLegendOfRandy]

My first thought. lol

[@donaldrack]

👀

[@ianmac4595]

What happened to the sister?

[@derrickmachado1102]

child " you need to break its neck" cat" you deserved so much better" lol

[@serinx]

right? lol...

[@darreth0104]

One of the MYRIAD reasons I love Ashleigh!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@FatalJestor]

Hahahhaaha

[@robbiefabulous]

HallowBeans fun fact: the old man Jud is played by Fred Gwynne. He’s best known for his portrayal of Herman Munster from the 60s tv show The Munsters. He played the father of this eclectic family of monsters, as Frankenstein. Happy HallowBeans! 👻

[@dawggirl]

And the judge in My Cousin Vinny.

[@vegawinter6099]

@@dawggirl "What's a yoot?" 😆

[@annaparsons4788]

Frankensteins' monster...Dr. Frankenstein is the (evil? Misguided? Genius?) responsible for its creation from various body parts, and subsequent animation through lightning. Knowledge is power, baby...

[@kimo_]

@@annaparsons4788 sorry, pronounced Fronkonstin

[@mikeadams8027]

In the book I believe the "creation" is called Adam, as in the first man. Adam means man in some languages as well.

[@xen0bia]

Church hates the dad in particular because he's the one who buried it, bringing it back to life, but "wrong". Remember Jud said, "You bury your own", "He's your cat now", "What you own always comes home to you"? It means you reap what you sow, and greed has a cost. He's responsible for what he did to it, so he gets the blunt of the curse as a consequence. But also, the evil spirit (in the book, in the form of a wendigo lurking in the woods) enticed Jud into luring Louis to the cursed grounds, giving him vitality and exhilaration in the process (hence why he's so apt at climbing the mountain versus an exhausted Louis), which sets everything in motion, quite literally leading to Gage's death. That's why he later feels guilty for having shown the place to Louis and having seeded this thought in his head, inadvertently setting evil on Louis. Indeed, sometimes dead is better...

[@w1975b]

and Sometimes They Come Back...another movie from Stephen King's work

[@chuckh4077]

Native Americans did not like this movie for obvious reasons. lol They get tired of that line " Well, just make sure you don't bury your passed away pet in a Native American holy ground". lol

[@xen0bia]

@@chuckh4077 I can imagine. It's just like how everything from Ancient Egypt is evil, not exactly a great portrayal of a people and culture, especially considering how robbed of their heritage they were. Same with the Native Americans...

[@kimmygogo82]

My older sisters name is Rachel, she hates this movie because me and my other sister always tease her by calling her name in that scary voice 😂RAAACHEL!! We love it!

[@RachelKDS]

Lol I have a friend that greets me by saying "raaaacheeeeel"

[@grapeape325]

"Sometimes dead is better." In that New England accent is my favorite line from this movie.

[@MacTechG4]

Ayuh, it’s true (I grew up in Maine, Gwynne’s accent is authentic)

[@jacklively5229]

7:57 the little girl’s declaration of “He’s not God’s cat, he’s my cat” was what one of King’s children said after their cat was run over, and King, struggling to comfort his child, said that the cat died because God wanted their cat, and she replied thusly. King agreed with her.

[@tinastar1972]

@@jacklively5229 his daughter, who is a non-denominational preacher now.

[@Gargess]

​@@tinastar1972 this bit of King trivia feels very right

[@sean.furlong1989]

@@tinastar1972 I read King was raised Methodist and his wife was raised Catholic.

[@unclebounce1495]

Sounds like a pansy.

[@tinastar1972]

@@sean.furlong1989 me too.

[@ThisIsMeOnYoutube]

Ashleigh: where's the airbags at". Yes, at one time cars didn't have airbags and seatbelts.

[@Dularr]

Back in the day you would roll up the seat belt and tuck it in the seat.

[@janleonard3101]

@@Dularr Especially in the summer if your car didn't have a/c. That metal would burn! And so would the vinyl seats. 🔥😧

[@cyberwolf_1013]

Seatbelts weren't a thing till like the 80s, right?

[@Dularr]

@@cyberwolf_1013 they started showing up in the 1950s. Mandatory seat belt laws in the 80s.

[@Hollyisthedog]

Lol I grew up in a time where my brother and I used to pull faces at the car behind us while standing on the back seat! Definitely no airbags back then!

[@woof9408]

I always wondered why Jud told Louis about the burial ground. He knew it was bad. After looking into it more, the place has a hold over people who bury there. They're compelled to keep it going. It explains not just the grief Louis was going thru but the power that made him keep doing it, despite knowing it was never going to work out.

[@erikdodds8706]

Every time I watch this movie, no matter how old I am, her sister creeps me out every time.

[@CofyjunkyPNW]

Want weird, too? Zelda was played by a man! (Andrew Hubatsek)

[@erikdodds8706]

@@CofyjunkyPNW That actually makes sense. I can see it now that you mention it.

[@albertjimeno807]

@@erikdodds8706 That was creepy and disturbing.

[@internetsideshow]

My mother told me that she couldn't finish the book after Gage died because she was pregnant with me, but once I got older, she didn't find it as upsetting. I was offended. Also, Cronchy.

[@deirdrestatham5730]

I had no problem reading it as a teenager. After I had my son I bawled my eyes out rereading it for uni. I'm offended for you. lol

[@filmgirlLisa]

😆😆😆

[@jacklively5229]

One of the “inspirations” for the story was when King’s toddler son, Owen (iirc), was nearly hit by a semi-truck; the only reason he wasn’t, was Owen stumbled BACKWARD instead of toward the road, and rolled down the grassy incline. The idea of his son dying haunted King so intensely, that he eventually wrote it, thinking about how far he would go if he knew he could bring his lost child back to life. And so: Pet Sematary.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Then he tucked the manuscript in a drawer and thought that no publisher would ever release it with how horrifying the story is.

[@vanyadolly]

I think that's why it's so difficult to get into. King's ability to tap into real, dark emotions is what makes him so good, but toddler death is something I don't want to experience. And I don't even have kids!

[@zombiepicnic9683]

@@vanyadolly That ability coupled with his realistic characters is why I've come to think of King's work more as tragedies with a side of horror. The spooky atmosphere gets most of the attention, but a lot of his stories grow out of deeply depressing places.

[@narfellus]

I admire that King can write a 500 page book from a single idea. And he does this again and again and again and again.

[@emraldmars]

Ashleigh: today we are watching Pet Sematary Me: Girl, you got a big storm coming

[@KingOfGamesss]

Pet sedimentary...The story about ancient fossilized pets

[@berndgeels]

You got that right!

[@supertuber3131]

@@KingOfGamesss Pet Sedentary… the story of lazy pets who just sit around all day.

[@resident429]

@@supertuber3131 Pet Seminary... the story of pets joining the ministry.

[@okielady73]

Pet Soliloquy... Pets speaking their inner thoughts out loud as means of plot device.

[@kenneth9160]

“All the pictures are wonky in Chicago” is my new favorite phrase to exclaim when something is amiss. Kinda like an updated version of “there’s something rotten in Denmark”.

[@VestinVestin]

For bonus points: pretend it's a well known idiom and convince everyone around you to start using it.

[@kenneth9160]

@@VestinVestin

[@kristennelson3190]

That. Is. PERFECT!!!😗👌 I'm hopping on the trend!🤣🤣🤣

[@karimhicks8376]

I volunteer at a cat rescue center, and Church's double deaths saddened me. Long live kitty power!!

[@Nay-kp6uu]

The achilles scene scarred me as a kid. Still does

[@Connery007neckache]

As a man who ruptured his Achilles I can tell you it was one of the most painful experiences of my life.

[@tinastar1972]

@@Nay-kp6uu it hurts just watching it.

[@vodengc520]

I forgot for decades what movie it came from, but that image of the scalpel sinking into the achilles stuck with me my entire life, lol.

[@albertjimeno807]

Honestly when he sliced his mouth freaked me out more. (First time watching through this video.)

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Maybe Stephen King has a feet fetish. Misery movie

[@The_Mighty_Fiction]

interesting note, it's lowkey hinted that Louis and his daughter, Ellie, both have a touch of the Shining, which is why they can see and hear Pascoe where no-one else can.

[@ggrarl]

"Shh! You wanna get sued?"

[@iwatchthings231]

@@ggrarlHow can they get sued when King wrote that book as well?

[@kanklescrew]

​@@ggrarlIt's the Shinning!

[@samhain1894]

@@iwatchthings231it’s a Simpsons reference.

[@albertjimeno807]

Well, "shining" is just another word for psychic or clairvoyant. That movie didn't trademark that concept by any means. But sure, it's another instance of that phenomenon in a Stephen King story.

[@FestivalFacePaintArtist]

“Sometimes dead is better” My sisters and I always say this movie quote to each other.😂

[@xKagryx]

lol same, our go-to is “you don’t wanna go dohwn that rhoad!”

[@Connery007neckache]

“Never say die”-Miles from teen wolf.

[@ggrarl]

Do you affect the accent as well? I know I do, a-yup.

[@FestivalFacePaintArtist]

@@ggrarl Of course we do! It doesn’t count if don’t.

[@cardman493]

the director is Mary Lambert. She also known for directing the greatest music videos in the 80s. Her sister Blanche was a US senator from Arkansas

[@beldavius]

"Where's the airbags?" had to be the funniest comment in this reaction!😂😂

[@MrPetej00]

HAHA, right. Oh my sweet summer child, LOL

[@pheenobarbidoll2016]

I don't understand ( have never and will never) why NO ONE fenced in a small area of the yard. YOU HAVE AN 18 WHEELER RACE TRACK IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. A fucking fence would have solved every problem before it started.

[@hiarhu746]

Cause the whole place is under the malicious psychic influence of the Wendigo, the evil being behind the reanimations. It's actively wants the road dangerous to feed the cemetery so it influences the drivers on it to be more reckless. Then it can influence people to bury the dead in it's cursed cemetery. In exactly the same way it would prevent people from taking any proactive measures to make the road less dangerous.

[@shanedaley6236]

From other comments because in the book the spirit of the wendigo is controlling things

[@shawncat]

​@@shanedaley6236I now have this mental image of the Wendigo being their HOA president and won't allow fencing.

[@Smokie_666]

@@shawncat HOAs, a billion times more scary than any horror movie monster

[@CitizenPain_p90]

The there'd be no movie

[@Timbulathespidermonk]

When I was around 9, my next door neighbour, an older lady named Dorothy had a grey cat called Church. She told me he was named after a cat in a book. It took me a few years to finally find out which book she was referring to. Once she realised I knew, she let me borrow any Stephen King book she had that I hadn’t read yet. I still remember how happy she was when I turned up on her doorstep with a couple she hadn’t read. I still miss you, Dorry.

[@msfeistybabe]

That's so sweet!! She protected you by not naming the book until you were ready. Then shared her King book thrills with you.

[@filmgirlLisa]

That achilles slice has got to be one of the most effective movie cuts in history.

[@KelMarBur79]

Yup 👍🏽 I was done with this movie after that and haven’t watched it all the way through since. I just watched to see her reaction and she didn’t disappoint 🤣.

[@rolling-roadkill]

That scene lived rent free in my head for many years after I first saw this movie. I literally jumped out of bed for quite some time after that.😂😂 I remember me and my friend paused the movie after that scene and went out for a walk to clear our heads before watching the rest. 😅

[@Tirnel_S]

House of wax (newer version) is the one for me.

[@MichaelAarons1701]

“Whistles innocently” is the telltale sign you’ve been getting in touch with your family at the pet semetary.

[@ridleysaria]

“Sometimes….. dead is betta” is one of my favorite parodies on South Park.

[@Rmlohner]

The book is notorious as the one Stephen King himself was so disturbed by that he was very hesitant to send it to his publisher.

[@tinastar1972]

He threw it in a drawer after his wife told him it was too dark. He was breaking away from his old publisher and they wanted one more book to satisfy his contract. He didn't want to write one for them, so he pulled it out of the drawer, and the rest is history.

[@pompe221]

The scene where Gage is killed is based on a "what if" from King's own life. His son was almost hit by a truck like that but King was able to grab him in time.

[@alyxgriffen5073]

This book also freaked *my* dad out, as well. He prided himself on his ability to read anything and still maintain his equilibrium. But he told me that, when he was reading *Pet Sematary,* he actually got scared enough that, if he continued, something Really Bad would happen. He put the book aside, only about a quarter finished, and never touched it again. (I'm not even sure if he ever read *any* Stephen King books again.)

[@jasonp1162]

@@alyxgriffen5073 I'm a wimp when it comes to horror movies, but I'm fine with reading horror novels... until I read Pet Sematary. That book freaked me out, as well (but I did finish it). So when the movie came out, there was NO way I was going to watch it. I'm glad to have gotten little glimpses of it from this reaction, so curiosity isn't killing THIS cat :)

[@KimSimful]

@@jasonp1162My reaction exactly.

[@petemcfeet28]

@27:05 movie was released in 1989 while airbags weren't mandatory on vehicles until 1998.

[@noteasybeingweezy]

I love the shots of Church with glowing eyes and Ash with glowing eyes in the same frame. 😂

[@sumthingwikked4257]

Undead Stare off

[@sammylane21]

People, after years theorized that Ellie has the same cursed psychic powers as a Danny in THE SHINNING.

[@Zero_Fawkes]

When he digs up Gage and cradles his body like that always was a sad sight. but seeing this scene after becoming a mother.... i get it. As parents it is our SOLE purpose to protect our children and keep them from harm. As the mother of a little boy i cant even imagine having to go through that and honestly....i wouldnt even think less of a parent who did this. I would COMPLETELY understand not wanting your child to be alone in the dark underground. that scene makes me tear up every time. Life is precious. especially the lives of our little ones.

[@MrBigPicture835]

The Old Man is played by Fred Gwyne, a truly talented actor, probably best known for a role he hated, Herman Munster. My personal favorite role is the drunk neighbor in "The Boy Who Could Fly".

[@mattlepera147]

You'd have seen him as the judge in My Cousin Vinny as well

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

The Judge in My Cousin Vinnie

[@chrissmalley83]

These day's he's probably more well-known as the cranky judge in My Cousin Vinny.

[@lavondabland3179]

I loved him in my Cousin Vinny.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

He was a singing bartender in "Ironweed" with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and Tom Waits, not a well known movie but a great one.

[@SavageBoardGaming]

In the book there is a creature called the Wendigo which influenced Judd against his will. That is why Judd showed Lewis the Cemetery to bury church in. It is the one thing missing from the movie.

[@brandontrammel4581]

Yep it influenced everything. That's why drivers were compelled to drive so fast. Same way Pennywise influenced everything in their town.

[@shanedaley6236]

​@@brandontrammel4581they could have done something where Judd is hinted at being the wendigo just a little scene or random look where he's there influencing the family

[@deirdrestatham5730]

@@shanedaley6236 I'm glad they didn't because that's not what a Wendigo is or does. They're cannibalistic monsters from many Algonquin tribes. I grew up hearing about them and never heard anything about them bringing back the dead.

[@Smokie_666]

@@shanedaley6236 They had some ideas and scenes and it's hinted at a couple times in the movie, as the scene where Judd is leading Lewis to the burial ground and something in the woods makes a noise that stops both men in their tracks. It is strongly implied that Judd knows what made the sound but says it's a loon so Lewis will continue on. I believe they cut the ideas out for pacing but I would have preferred they kept it in also.

[@Myndir]

I think it's cooler if Judd just has a weak heart and can't bear the young girl to be unhappy. Similarly, in my head canon, Lewis knows that his wife is going to kill him at the end: he doesn't want to go on and wants some sense of closure in his death.

[@KarikiNeroli]

It's never really said in the movie but the spirit that tainted the burial ground is a Wendigo. It's why the soldier guy was seen eating a kid's leg. The wendigo is also influencing people to use the burial ground so it can feed/be used. It's why Jud told Lewis about the burial ground: the wendigo convinced him that bringing back a cat wouldn't hurt... then it influenced things (Truck driver distracted/the trucks always going too fast, the wind blowing hard enough to send the kite to the road, etc) so that Gage was killed and Lewis would be tempted to bury his son there.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Yeah, I never read the book, but my brother did, and he said that the Wendigo was this huge force that lingered at the edge of the Pet Semetary, larger than the trees and watching. Wendigos freak me out so much.

[@KarikiNeroli]

@@robertgronewold3326 Yep. it was also the thing Jud claimed was 'just a loon'. In the foot, Lewis actually sees large footprints in the forest on his way to the burial ground. The wendigo is also the main antagonist in the book The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon which is about a girl who gets lost in the woods and starts seeing Things.

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

Did the remake touch on any of this?

[@matthewhearn9910]

Just as a heads up: don’t say that word. Don’t even type it. Its name holds power and not in a good way for those who say it. And even if you don’t believe in that, it’s still worth avoiding out of respect for those who have believed it for centuries.

[@vando6679]

​@@Bubba__Sawyer ya it did

[@TheRiehlThing42]

I was a little kid, visiting my cousins, and we started watching this. We had to leave, and the last scene we saw before leaving was the semi truck scene. That scene lived rent free in my head for several years. I eventually read the book to get past it and finally watched the movie all the way through.

[@autoharpmug6276]

When Gage says "... now I want to play with yooou", my blood freezes. 5 of 5 for me too.

[@Cthulwho69]

In the books the way they describe the death scene of the kid is BRUTAL

[@attitudeproblem6462]

Absolutely brutal. Even though it’s in retrospect and when the story picks up again, they’re already the aftermath…

[@Mr.Shaytan]

♫ I don't want to be buried in a Pet Cemetery, I don't want to live my life again, I don't want to be buried in a Pet Cemetery, I don't want to live my life again. ♫ This movie made me start to like Ramones when I was a kid.

[@bryanlivov7489]

greatest band of all time

[@daviddavid2890]

Gage's favourite Ramones song is "I wanna be sedated"

[@bryanlivov7489]

@@daviddavid2890 not fair

[@RedMenace71]

I knew someone would do it, so I didn’t😂

[@weray7605]

Ashleigh -- Did you recognize the little boy who played Gage as the little boy who says "Boys have a penis; girls have a vagina" in 'Kindergarten Cop'?

[@charlesballard5251]

He was also Jim Lovell's son in "Apollo 13" who was so concerned about "the door".

[@magic8ball1982]

@@charlesballard5251 And he was Heather's son in Wes Craven's New Nightmare.

[@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay]

Cancelled for bigotry

[@richrelaxes1154]

@@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay Overrated comment

[@Xonslaught1]

Also the Truck driver in the Ice Nine Kills Funeral Derangements video

[@chase189]

It's insane how "Cronchy" the makeup for his wife is at the end!!!! Gets me every time

[@Nori_Nightshade]

Poor cronchy Church, I've lost a couple pets to reckless drivers and that hit hard. 😟

[@WoodsToLiveBy]

That was the 1st time I've heard anyone consider that Jud might be an undead from the burial ground, but I actually like that idea even if it's not real :)

[@RetiredSailor60]

When Gage gets killed hurts my ❤️. My 5 year old nephew was killed in a freak accident and they looked a lot alike. My nephew has been gone 39 years. Still miss him.

[@absynthefaerie]

I am sorry for your loss. However I do think you may want to read what you wrote and rethink of some phrasing for "I had my nephew killed at just 5 years old" can definitely be miss interpreted to you literally had someone kill your nephew when they were 5 or when you where 5.

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@absynthefaerie Thank you for the constructive feedback. Yes, I see what you mean. I worded it differently.

[@ScientificallyStupid]

I am so sorry, I can understand how it would hurt. My niece is everything to me, as I don't have any children. I don't know what I'd do if I lost her. Gage's death is a real gut-punch, especially when you don't expect a movie to go there, but I think that's the strength of King's work, he really finds characters you care about, then puts them through hell.

[@albertjimeno807]

@@absynthefaerie He's not a Stephen King novel, absynthe. So uncalled for and rude.

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@albertjimeno807 I wouldn't call it rude. I can see how it would give someone the impression that I had my nephew murdered by the original wording.

[@adolfojacosta]

"You need to slow that truck down". WELP.

[@FatherMellow]

*insert side-eye puppet meme*

[@panowa8319]

They need to put up fences!

[@chuckh4077]

Can't. I'm late to my next delivery stop.

[@silverlobo2135]

Fright Friday, Ashleigh The "mom / md wife" is Denise Crosby is best known for playing 'Tasha Yar / Commander Sela" on "Star Trek: TNG". She is also the granddaughter of 40s / 50s crooner and actor, Bing Crosby. "Who's that old man?"... That is Fred Gwynne. He is best known for playing Herman Munster on the B&W "Musters" tv show, "Car 54, Where are you?", and you should remember him as the strict Judge in "My Cousin Vinny". The "that little boy has been in more stuff" is actor Miko Hughes. You seen him in "Kindergarten Cop" and "Apollo 13". He also played autistic little boy (Simon Lynch) in "Mercury Rising" with Alec Balwin. Yesw, the preacher at the funeral was Stephen King. Spinal Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck stiffness and occasionally photophobia (a medical symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. As a medical symptom, photophobia is an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes). Other symptoms include confusion or altered consciousness, nausea, and an inability to tolerate light or loud noises. The movie was quite "Cronchy" and intense experience.

[@sammylane21]

Lewis banging his head on the nightstand is so hilarious and yet so relatable. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@msfeistybabe]

If I was an actor & hurt myself accidentally while filming... I would hope they would use the footage!!

[@daave365]

I think that was an accident and they just left it in. That looked a little too real

[@WooWoo22]

My friends and I say "the soil of a man's heart is stonyier Louis" everytime we're drunk or something suspicious is afoot. But you gotta say it in Herman Munters voice...like in the movie. We are now all 50 now. This movie stays with you always.

[@dezaera]

Out of every scene in this movie, it's the tendons scene still haunts me. Even knowing it was coming I still had to pull my legs up, my blood went cold, and I had to look away. I'm glad I had a cronchy snack to take my mind off of it.

[@shanecampbell7423]

Miko Hughes is a straight up legend for this performance.

[@irenemichelleanne]

Now she should watch him in Wes Craven's New Nightmare...

[@dawggirl]

This and Kindergarten Cop.

[@jimp1151]

​@dawggirl what thay kid said in that movie would be considered hate speech by the left nowadays - even though the kid was telling biological fact

[@skygaizur001]

Getting Taco "Hell" is gonna be an entirely different traumatization altogether!😂

[@manuelvillacana9284]

I remember growing up. This was absolutely the scariest movie that you could watch or recommend to a friend.

[@aquatadevore9335]

Ps, the mother lady was in Star Trek with Captain Picard, Data etc, and she's the granddaughter of Bing Crosby

[@captainsplifford]

She also plays the leader of Terminus in The Walking Dead.

[@Hospitaller1099]

I met her at San Jose ComicCon about 6 years ago, she signed my Terminus poster. :)

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

I don't watch this movie not because it's scary, but because it's heartbreaking, especially once I became a dad. In fact, with all due respect, Ashleigh, I can't even watch your reaction, because it's just brutal. I'm jumping through for highlights and getting to the wrap-up.

[@razycrandomgirl]

This movie is more haunting than scary. I find it really interesting that Louis Creed lost his entire family with little to no effort/malice on his part while Jack Torrance's family survived while he'd need possessed to kill them all... Like louis Creed vs Jack Torrance... I need that easay.

[@KidOmega123]

I don’t think I’ve heard Ashleigh say “I’m gonna throw up” more times in a single reaction than this one. Lol.

[@FunnyHaHa420]

Terrifier would make her puke.

[@StandUpComedyFan28m]

And maybe Blade 2? is where she almost throws up more times in that review than any other. Lol

[@sabrinaduckett5057]

Has anyone made a Bingo card for Ashleigh films/seasons? Cause that one would be on there for sure!

[@PuppetDungeon]

By far one of the most effective King stories. I remember reading it in middle school. There's a lot in the book that makes the movie even more scary, as there simply wasn't enough time given in film form. Loved seeing your reaction.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

27:08 --- oh my... This was an era before air-bags.. And even then they only came on really high end cars..

[@jaygardner6385]

I was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State back in the 80's. I was in my barracks bunk on a Saturday afternoon rereading The Stand. My best buddy walks in and asks to borrow my copy of Pet Semetary. I pulled it out of my locker and hand it to him. He says 'follow me' and we go outside and start walking towards the motor pool. I ask where we're going and he just said 'You'll see'. We go last the motor pool out to the outer fence to a gate. We go through the gate and about 50 feet down is a pet cemetery. So we sent the rest of the afternoon and all day Sunday reading Stephen King in a pet graveyard.

[@jameson32]

The book is incredible. Don't think I've read a better horror novel.

[@jwbartle]

Glad you laughed when the evil resurrected kid says "No Fair" after getting pricked, it made me crack up first time I ever saw it too. The book ending was more ambiguous, she doesn't kill him. She just walks up behind him, placing a hand on his shoulder and rasps "darling", leaving it open-ended to what followed.

[@sumthingwikked4257]

We know... Nothing ambiguous there.

[@albertjimeno807]

@@sumthingwikked4257 The snark. So unnecessary and rude.

[@davewhitmore1958]

"Him a good ghosty-man" Rare in a King story :P

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

I still can't believe I read this book in 6th grade. My Aunt gave me the book. Scared the hell out of me. I remember being mad at the changes they made when the movie came out a few years later, but was still scared to death.

[@nicolehale133]

Crounchy was such a perfect way to discribe the sound that cat made lol

[@pompe221]

I live in an area with loons. They're a kind of water bird. I promise you, they do not sound anything like that wendigo/spooky-ass thing in the haunted woods. EDIT: this is what they look/sound like kzbin.infoFYQJo-gVykI

[@Kristen_kiki]

I read the book when I was a kid and always thought he meant loons as in people in a looney bin lol! Birds sound much nicer.

[@MessOfThings]

I remember them from On Golden Pond

[@brigidtheirish]

Honestly, loons are spookier. Hearing one wail or laugh around dusk and then they take off across the water sounding like a helicopter.

[@WRam-fo2sc]

ASHLEIGH: I'm going to Taco Bell CASHIER: How do you like your tacos? ASHLEIGH: CRONCHY _________ When Stephen King wrote this book, he put it away after finishing it. He said it was too disturbing to publish and he is on record saying it's the one story that scared him. Indeed, the book is a lot more disturbing than the movie. Read it, but be warned. The book reaches into your soul and you will not be the same afterward. It is often rated among his top five scariest books.

[@jamesfears83]

In literature, "Pet Sematary" uses the short story "Monkey's Paw" for it's primary format. The story is about 3 supernatural wishes where the tragic result of the first wish causes an irrational second wish which then leads to the consistent 3rd wish for death. Regardless of the first two wishes, stories using the Monkey's Paw format always results in a 3rd wish for death (or a symbolic version of it).

[@kingcosworth2643]

That's quite interesting

[@WyattNickerson-z5u]

The old man played Herman Munster "Frankenstein" in the old Munster tv show

[@SonOvLaw]

"IT'S TOO FAST I'M A SLOW READER!" You know, the pause button is a thing.

[@angelicafigueroa0221]

The reason it feels like it was off that the old man told him about the cemetery and that you shouldn't go only to do it anyway is because the town is possessed by the cemetery and it's inevitable that people end up leading others to it

[@SlimPlum691]

Yes thank you for saying this! Judd is influenced by the spirits as well as Louis

[@timfahey7127]

The director of this film, Mary Lambert.... had just one year previously directed the ""Like a Prayer" video by Madonna. In fact, the success of that video had a BIG push in her getting this film.

[@adp5926]

In my dreams, Mary Lambert directed the new Star Wars instead of JJ Abrams.

[@sumthingwikked4257]

And then tanked it hard with Part 2.

[@kingcosworth2643]

@@sumthingwikked4257 There would of been a tonne of executive medaling in the sequel, which was the style at the time.

[@razycrandomgirl]

​@@kingcosworth2643right she wanted the sequel to be about Ellie (the daughter) but misogynist said the movie had tobw about boys womp womp

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Fun fact: Gage is played by the same actor who played the kid in Kindergarten Cop who would say “Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.” Guy’s name is Miko Hughes. He later on played Heather Langenkamp’s son in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, the last Nightmare on Elm Street movie.

[@JemJam2976]

I remember him from Full House as well

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

@@JemJam2976 Yep! He was a pretty talented child actor with some diversity to his roles.

[@editingwithcc]

Andddd he played Aaron in Full House. I loved Miko growing up 😭

[@philipbouchelle483]

He also played the homeless kid in the Spawn movie. Very talented.

[@joeymartinez9854]

I met him at a convention years ago and got his autograph on a Funko of him and and picture with him he's really a nice guy

[@sarahmeeks2517]

Fred Gwynne who plays Judd, is also the judge in "My Cousin Vinny".(was the secret word Cronchy?)

[@andreaislandgirl720]

CRONCHY. I remember reading this book in my teens. It was amazing and terrifying. At the time, I had pet rats, and when I went to bed that night, one of them got out of her cage. I'm lying there trying to sleep and she WALKS ACROSS MY FACE. I had never been so scared in my life! I preferred the book, but the movie definitely brought back all those scared feelings.

[@cyberwolf_1013]

My son died 6 years ago this month. (Not much older than Cage) And even watching Pet Semetery and knowing what I do about Horror and bringing back the dead... I still couldn't say 100% that I wouldn't do the same thing.

[@kingcosworth2643]

I'm sorry, that's awful

[@filmgirlLisa]

Very sorry for your loss.

[@cyberwolf_1013]

@@kingcosworth2643 thank you

[@cyberwolf_1013]

@@filmgirlLisa thanks for that

[@kellifranklin4432]

I'm so sorry for your loss. There's nothing worse than losing a child.

[@johnw8578]

Strange enough -- my soul dog passed away about 2 years ago. Sometimes, every now and then, I hear HIS bark. Now I know that it is probably a neighbor dog that occasionally barks like my beloved boy, but it still gives me hope that my boy is still watching out for me.

[@brigidtheirish]

There's some speculation that in loving an animal, we put a little bit of your soul in them, like how God breathed souls into us. So, even though animals don't have immortal souls like we do simply by their nature, it's *possible* that our beloved pets will be waiting for us on the other side.

[@chuckh4077]

I would go see a doctor for that.. You might be suffering from a Mental sickness.

[@johnw8578]

@@brigidtheirish I sure hope so.

[@BlackavarWD]

It's surprising how many noises you hear in your house after a pet dies... things you always thought were your pets (making the sounds.) But other noises, like tapping of claws on the floor, take a while to fade.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@BlackavarWD What's really odd is when you feel something jump into your bed but nothing's there.

[@BigDaddyJinx]

The idea is that, in storytelling (especially in a visual medium), you keep the dead in what they were last in. Their clothing and their state, so that the viewer retains the understanding that this is the dead guy. Ideally, most understand that when you die, you would appear in the state and clothing that you decide, and generally something familiar to the person you revealed yourself to. But without the bindings of time, you can appear in an older state, or a younger state, but one that would still be familiar with the recipient. In this case, and many movies that use it, the writer wants the audience to know that we're dealing with the dead so they will retain their last look, even if it's gory. If dead guy came back as his younger and more intact self, he would have to rely on exposition to explain that he's the same guy but now he's younger and more intact. The easiest way to avoid that exposition dump is to simply keep them in their last state. We saw them dead in that state, and we see them come back in that same state. Easy-peasy.

[@batlrar]

Every time the thumbnail to this video comes up, I can't help but see it as your head poking out of an uncooked turkey.

[@sandalwhich]

This is my favorite Stephen King novel. It's just merciless.

[@niceguyeddie5036]

"You need to slow that semi- truck down on these old country roads. You're gonna hit somebody!" ~Ashley, being more prophetic than she knows, five seconds into the movie! Lol

[@w1975b]

Ashleigh has some shine! :)

[@Charlie-nr6vd]

This is the Stephen King book i read first and always recommend to people. Its not very long, it captures his style perfectly so you can figure out if you like his style of storytelling, plus its cronchy as heck. It has a terrifying monologue about Oz the Great and Powerful (which they dont explore in the movie) that will never leave my brain.

[@FestivalFacePaintArtist]

Ashley: You need to slow down you’re gonna hit somebody”!!! Me: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[@toniheikkila5607]

That falling from the bed did not look like a stunt. That hurt.

[@JaLisaMariecountrygi]

I am a chicken who loves horror movies. Loved this movie when I was younger. The book and story of his daughter gave me nightmares. Now as a first time parent with a miracle baby, I can’t watch it anymore. Am going to have nightmares for different reasons now.

[@claireb3004]

I haven't watched this in like 20 yrs and blocked most of it out bc it was so disturbing to me, BUT that part where Gage cuts the old man's ankles has lived rent free in my head.

[@razycrandomgirl]

I look away every time. In the book gage eats him as well.

[@filmgirlLisa]

Likewise!!

[@ianobrien3248]

Yeah I saw this in the theaters and i will never forget that moment

[@chuckh4077]

I loved this movie. watched it once a year.

[@WoodsToLiveBy]

I laughed when you were surprised by "Shillyshally" because everytime you start a video with "no more dillydallying" I think "no more shillyshallying" right after, because the 2 words were rhymed in an old Disney musical :D

[@BruGaleen]

Actually, what Ashleigh says sounds more like "diddle-dallying". I've teased her about it a couple of times before. She continues to ignore me, LOL :)

[@ukebec1178]

"The Happiest Millionaire"!

[@mikelmcknight72]

I read the book in my early 20s. Yes, a grown man slept with the light on for a few days.

[@ericgallini3988]

Not only could I not re-read this book after having kids, I'm not sure I'm gonna get through this reaction. But I'll try...

[@trepearound3915]

It is always a pleasure to watch movies with you. The commentary on this one was 10/10. Cronchy!

[@belpop]

anytime the old man speaks I think of the old farmer in South Park “you don’t wanna go down that road” 😂 (I know it’s a deliberate reference it just always makes me laugh)

[@jesseslack2089]

When he first show's up in Butters' own Episode I was already rolling then he shows up in Asspen..you don't want to go down that slope.

[@AlliGarcia-e4j]

Poor kitty - he did not deserve to be cronchy. Keep your cats inside people!

[@chuckh4077]

And don't bury it in Native American holy land. Simple.

[@jasonwurth6216]

"Where's the airbag?" hahahah oh you dear sweet summer child. :)

[@katiemc66]

This is hands down the most disturbing movie from my childhood and I still can't bring myself to sit down and watch it anymore. The sister Zelda is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen.

[@carriechilders4416]

Did you notice that the little boy is the one in Kindergarden Cop whose dad was a Gynecologist. I prefer to think of his innocent fact about boys and girls ANY DAY.

[@CarlosAlexDanger]

King says this is the one book he finished writing and asked "Was this too much?"

[@vicegamer6944]

I've met the dead guy at a comic con. He was a very nice and pleasant man. He said that it took 45 mins to look like that and sadly that no one would sit with him as he was in costume and makeup.

[@captainsplifford]

I actually had a pretty big crush on him in this movie as a kid. Yeah, I was weird.

[@THESHADOWKNIGHT]

@@captainsplifford Great actor!!If you haven't seen "THE BEDROOM WINDOW" (1987) He's awesome in that too!!!

[@albertjimeno807]

@@captainsplifford No he's actually really good looking except for the whole brain coming out of head thing.

[@jmb4543]

Was he also in Sixth Sense?

[@w1975b]

@@jmb4543 you might be thinking of Donnie Wahlberg, Mark Wahlberg's brother

[@NatetheAceOfficial]

Pet Cemetery is a STRONG choice of scary movie. These videos need a scream/jumpscare counter.

[@toob1979]

"Sometimes, dead is better." Such a good, ominous tagline for a movie. Yes, the priest at Gage's funeral is none other than the author himself, Stephen King. He's notorious for taking bit parts in films based on his novels. It's almost like spotting Stan Lee in Marvel movies. This is the late 1980s. Airbags weren't standard accessories until the mid-to-late 1990s. The first few cars I drove didn't have them. They didn't have anti-lock brakes, either. The way Judson died haunted a few nightmares. Isn't it creepy how a child's laughter can be the most terrifying sound, depending upon the context? Louis told us why he buried his wife at the Micmac burial grounds. He thought because she hadn't been dead for very long, the bad side effects wouldn't affect her. Plus, there was the whole, "He's probably insane due to losing most of his family in a matter of minutes." One thing this movie did for me was to make me NEVER want to buy a house beside a busy highway.

[@donovanmedieval]

Judd was played by Fred Gwynne, who was probably best known for playing Herman Munster on "The Munsters" (1964-1966). Four episodes of that would be good for a Wednesday in October. Maybe the premier and first season finale, and then the second season premier and finale. He reprised his role in two feature length movies Munster Go Home (1966) and Munster's Revenge (1981). They would also be good for Wednesday in October.

[@donovanmedieval]

He also played the judge in My Cousin Vinny (1982) and wrote and illustrated "The King who Rained" and several similar books.