First Time Watching PET SEMATARY (1989) Reaction... THIS IS INSANITY

[@docwhiskey8309]

All cat owners and parents of toddlers: "Random bad smells, demonic behavior, and erratic bouts of aggression? Yeah, that checks out."

[@thrillalova1212]

One of the creepiest parts of this movie is how the actor who played Gage acted so perfectly at his age

[@LiirThropp2687]

Absolutely.

[@jamiecowan170]

The doll in Kat's corner is creepier than anything in her reaction videos.

[@bethhoyle3033]

THANK YOU WHAT IS THAT

[@amberaegard]

Let's just applaud this little boy's acting skills

[@megafan2000]

A year later he would later teach us the important lesson that boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.

[@Smokie_666]

Oh yeah, he killed it! Maybe I should have phrased that better.

[@glennbotes8937]

As a slightly older child, I think he made an underrated thriller with Bruce Willis in the late 90s called Mercury rising.

[@megafan2000]

@@glennbotes8937 totally forgot about that movie. Absolutely underated.

[@leslie2149]

Miko Hughes. He was in several films as a youngster. Mercury Rising, Kindergarten Cop, and Apollo 13.

[@thomassantillan2194]

I got a chuckle out of your immediate switch up when the kid fell. "Is the kid okay? He just fell. FINISH HIM OFF!"

[@KurticeYZreacts]

😂😂😂

[@alyssaaug8253]

"Is that kid ok?😢he fell" *one millisecond later* "Now finish the job🔪" Had me cackling

[@philthemovieguy81]

The horror of this movie when you watch it, the story when you read the book, is what grief can do to a person. We can all say “I wouldn’t do this or do that no matter how badly I’m hurting from the loss of a loved one.” But the fact is we don’t know what we’re capable of in moments of despair and grief. We can all lose our grip on our sanity.

[@IDyce88]

i refer to what a critic said because for once i agree with a critic "stephen king films often come off as mixed bags, especially if one has read the book version already...but not many as much as Pet Sematery...this extremely dark and messed up story never has a happy ending no matter which way it's told...with a father that never learns, a child that needs therapy, a cat that always dies and a dangerous road to blame it all on. While an excellent story it has never perfected it's flow...it's either trying too hard to be dark and gory or overdramatic and spiritual...with a touch of dark humour to keep the giggles up. Well hey the cat is black...we should have known from the start that's a bad sign...this is Stephen King after all."

[@brigidtheirish]

That seems to be a staple of Stephen King novels, there'd be a mundane sort of horror without all the spookiness. The supernatural horror only feeds on and amplifies the brokenness of the people involved.

[@IDyce88]

@@brigidtheirish a lot of the time i think SK just expects people to "just go with it" when watching or reading his work. the more you ask questions or try to break it down the more it doesn't work. i mean look at Christine...it's a killer car...why are we asking about the logic of that?

[@brigidtheirish]

@@IDyce88 Well, he has said that he writes the "literary equivalent of fast food."

[@IDyce88]

@@brigidtheirish well that depends which fast food we're talking about...some is great...some is just...nope.

[@fixfalcon2628]

This was the first "R" rated movie I ever saw when I was a kid. My mom was on vacation and my dad rented it and we watched it together. I've never been the same....thanks dad.

[@christopherwashburn8163]

When a cat gives you a dead animal, it's one of two things. Either they think you are a bad hunter, and they are trying to help you get better, or they are contributing to the welfare of the house by bringing in food. Love cats!

[@paulinegallagher7821]

My cat gave left a perfectly dissected dead rabbit at the door. It looked like surgical tools had been used. I was not an aww isnt that sweet moment, it was chilling.

[@uncoolmartin460]

A cat I had once brought my wife (at the time) a mummified frog.... 🤣when she realised what it was, she was climbing the chair... She'd also leave half a mouse at the door step sometimes, it was like a little crunchy minefield ... I miss that cat.

[@Bloodreign1]

It's been considered that cats do this like presenting a gift to it's owner.

[@serpentsepia6638]

I had a cat that left a brown and gray mangy rat at the area where the driveway meets the sidewalk leading to the front door. It was his way of saying, welcome home!

[@christopherconard2831]

I used to leave the kitchen window open so mine could come and go as they wanted. She was a great hunter and liked to prove it by leaving dead, or nearly dead, rodents on my bed. Not something fun to wake up to. She'd also hunt the deer in the field nearly. It was fun watching her stalk and pounce. Scared the deer, but she never managed to take one down.

[@carloszestyboy2901]

This movie should be called “Chronicles of the Worst Parents Imaginable”.

[@MurdaSheWroteXX]

I love your alternative reasoning for the real horror of these movies: "THAT'S the real horror of this movie." It makes me laugh every time, lol.

[@DemonBoy3223]

As a young kid, this was the movie that had scared the holy hell out of me to the point where I ended up sleeping with a night light for a few nights. This is definitely Stephen King at his absolute darkest.

[@JustTanya.]

Absolutely. I read this book when I was a kid and it was, and still is, one of my favorite books of his. Carrie and Firestarter are my others. Obviously the couldn't put everything into the movie and it does have differences from the book but the disturbing content is still there. Good soundtrack too. I love The Ramones. 👍😎👍

[@DemonBoy3223]

@@JustTanya. The Ramones song is still very memorable to listen to, even to this very day. 😉

[@glyndwr15]

It was definitely one of this darker books. I think King at his darkest though is Apt Pupil or the more recent A Good Marriage

[@razycrandomgirl]

​@@glyndwr15Full Dark, No Stars is pretty messed up

[@BadHatHarry23]

@@glyndwr15 I truly believe that Pet Sematary was when King was in a VERY dark mood, this was at a time when his drug and alcohol addiction was at its absolute worse, so he must had been feeling dark and depressed when writing this story. I know cause I was once a drug/alcohol addict myself, so I know that kind of feeling.

[@Dunybrook]

This all could have been prevented by a good fence. Lack of proper security. That's the real horror of this movie.

[@jasonbeatty831]

And speed limit signs.

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

​@@jasonbeatty831drivers don't always obey speed limits. They should have built a 10 foot wall around their house

[@jasonbeatty831]

@@enadegheeghaghe6369 but surely a sign couldn’t have hurt? When I drove, I would slow down when I saw speed limit signs.

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

@@jasonbeatty831 if I were the dad in this story, I definitely would not entrust my kids life to road signs or speed limits. I am putting up a f.. king wall strong enough to stop even a runaway truck from "accidentally" crashing into my property

[@jasonbeatty831]

@@enadegheeghaghe6369 not saying you should, a fence would’ve been a great idea for the family, but there should’ve been something in place beforehand to make the truckers and that company more honest.

[@ValkyrieLadyK]

Fun Trivia: The mom was Denise Crosby, who played Tasha Yar on Star Trek TNG. The old man was played by Fred Gwynne, who famously played not only the judge in My Cousin Vinny, but he was also the original Herman Munster. The baby looks familiar because that child actor, Miko Hughes, was in a whole bunch of films in the 90's, including Kindergarten Cop.

[@The-Underbaker]

Fred Gwynne was fantastic in anything he did.

[@losmosquitos1108]

@@The-Underbakeryes, this voice and how he uses it, at least in this movie….

[@LordVolkov]

Denise Crosby can't catch a break 😅 Tasha Yarr was gone too soon.

[@eecwww2607]

And the priest at the funeral was Stephen King himself.

[@matthewnew7280]

@@LordVolkov She may have been encouraged by the nefarious likes of Rick Berman but the choice was hers.

[@Nillon24]

That chicken dinner comment by the mother in law is so hilariously random! "You know how men are when they're alone." 😂😂

[@morphman86]

At the time, roast chicken and chips was a more common takeout food than today's pizza or sub. And it was also way more of a luxury to eat out, even at fast food places, so it would be something a man might keep a secret from the wife when she's out.

[@tomstanziola1982]

This whole story is a study about grief, and what it can do to any human being. I read an interview with Stephen King where he said that he wrestled with whether or not he should publish the book because of its disturbing content. I'm glad he did publish it, because I think it's one of his best novels ever.

[@83gemm]

Yeah, he wrote it and when he went back to it after a few weeks to edit it, he put it away thinking it was WAY too much. Then he changed publishing companies and owed his old one another book before they ended their contract. So he gave them the one he had stored: Pet Semetary.

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@83gemm I didn't know that. Thanks for the info! ✌️

[@83gemm]

@@tomstanziola1982 He talks about it in one of the introductions to the book. Very good introduction! Lots of behind the scenes and he explains why this one scares him so much.

[@GlynDwr-d4h]

Pet Sematary is easily in my top 3 King books. My favorite is The Stand and I go back and forth on the question of if The Shining or Pet Sematary gets the #2 slot.

[@squamish4244]

@@83gemm And his wife encouraged him to publish it.

[@meghanmonroe]

That image of Zelda and her twisted back running at the screen saying "NEVER GET OUT OF BED AGAIN!" has lived in my head, rent-free since I was 8.

[@ksciaa0103]

Yup! Same, until very recently after I've finally become desensitized to it. But before, I've always had to shield my eyes and wait until the scene was over. lmao

[@scarbrow01]

Yeah, I always thought Zelda was the creepiest part of this movie.

[@blainehancock]

I think about this scent at least once a month since I was a kid.

[@MISTERBABAD00K]

This is one of those movies that really got to me when I was younger. As an adult, with children, reading the book was really impactful as well. It's so much more than just a horror movie. It's the unravelling of a rational person that believes in science and the laws of nature abandoning all he knows due to grief and trying something he knows at best will not work and at worst will have terrible consequences because he is not ready to say goodbye.

[@jaipoh3965]

The older fellow(who we all looked at as a "good one", was the one that could have kept this from happening in the first place. "There's this place, where you can bring back your loved ones". 'But you don't want to go up there." What the hell?..... (english second language, so i hope this made sense.)

[@pandamike1987]

@@jaipoh3965 There's a reason for that that wasn't translated very well from the book

[@razycrandomgirl]

​@@pandamike1987yeah once you go up there its like a drug.

[@pandamike1987]

@@razycrandomgirl That's a part of it, yes. There's an omnipotent spirit called the Wendigo that King cleverly used as a device to portray the uglier side of one's grief and desperation. It takes advantage of grief like you see in a lot of demon possession movies. There's the cannibal-type and then there's the evil forest spirit type that Algernon Blackwood wrote a short novel on. He combined the two and put his spin on it without sacrificing the original lore and source material. I guess the reason they didn't include it in the film outright was because of budget reasons. But whenever you the characters in the movie refer to "it", they're talking about the Wendigo. I believe Pascow mentions him the most.

[@Jondjond]

Very well said!

[@kenkauffman3522]

I’m 42 years old and the sister running at the camera still gives me chills. “Never go out again!”

[@MrPodcastio]

Every damn time Kat mentions that she's going for a walk, it makes me feel bad because I'm definitely not going for a walk. Lmao

[@jeffarbuckle4615]

“He was buried there” w/ smash cut to Herman Munster is when I lost it! 😂😂😂

[@MM-qj8ys]

“I have to show you something but it’s NOT urgent” is the exact energy I’d bring as a ghost lol

[@Pyro7k]

The sounds of "Evil Gage" in the house always remind me of a joke I once heard... "The laughter of children is the most joyful sound in the world....unless it's 3 AM....and you live alone...and you don't have kids."

[@MexicanMamba824]

As a kid, Pet Semetary was the first movie to scare me. And by Pet Semetary, I really mean specifically Zelda. She still gives me the spooks. Scared me so much I ran out of the living room to avoid the rest of the movie the first time I watched it 😂 Then a couple days later I was determined to finish it. Which I did. Covered in a light colored sheet so I could only see shadows of the characters and hear them. Brave boy I was! The book (and the audio book by Michael C. Hall) add so much more depth to the fear and feelings of grief, as well as the ways the forces of the Semetary pull you in. It's really dark and great. Also, definitely read up on how King came up with the story. Loved the reaction, as always!

[@raputathebuta]

Zelda is terrifying. Doesn't matter how many times I've watched this movie, she STILL creeps me out.

[@Morris1581]

Me too as Kid. But today zelda didnt aged well for me 😅

[@Thane36425]

Gage killed Herman Munster for the reason Herman said: he had shown the doctor the power and felt responsible for Gage's death. Apparently the place was somewhat sentient and wanted Gage. Or it could have been the Wendigo. In the novel it was a Wendigo that was around the old native cemetery. It may not have gotten the cat and the man, but it probably got the dog and certainly Gage and the wife. Made them not a "zombie" but more of a ghoul in that they were vengeful and perhaps needed to eat flesh. In some lore, the Wendigo would corrupt the living into becoming killers and maybe cannibals before feeding on them.

[@chrispipes5451]

I was hoping somebody would mention the Wendigo and the influence it had over events. In the book, Jud sat outside to wait for Louis to come back from digging up Gage, to stop him. The Wendigo caused Jud to fall asleep on the porch, which is how Louis made his way up to the burial grounds, uninterrupted. THEN, being petty as all get out, had Gage take care of Jud first for being a party pooper.

[@BlackavarWD]

Wendigos are created by humans eating human flesh. It turns them into a Wendigo.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Yeah the Wendi cursed the burial grounds, that’s why the natives feld the area, the ground was cursed, and anyone or anything breed there came back a revenant It is both suggested in the book that the burial ground has a spirit of malevolence in it that works on people that’s why no one ever fenced off the road, r put speed signs up, it’s why when you use it’s power it grows greedy and influences more pain it’s also stated in the book, that when people come back, the soul is gone, and it’s a demon that has been allowed to take their bodies that’s how the original guy timmy, knew all these dark secrets of the towns folk that he never could have known and it’s why Gage and church come back as cold murdering beings

[@RoosterCogburn1008]

One of my top three favorite horror movies. Very quotable, and despite some of its campier elements, its display of grief is incredibly realistic and it demands you ask yourself what would you do in that situation. "Sometimes dead is better" is one of the best moral lessons any horror movie has presented to its audience.

[@SueSnellLives]

Sometimes dead is better! 💯💯💯

[@ChakasCave]

The ground is sour!

[@sadtitties222]

Honestly, the "campiness" makes it better, lol. I've always had a huge soft spot for campy horror films. 💕

[@MGmirkin]

The security is lax alright... "Lacks any security..." 😜🤣

[@dudebroman-ni6kw]

My dad met the kid while they were filming in Maine (he delivered potato chips to the set). He said he was super smart and very articulate, especially for a kid his age

[@_ziffer]

Love the Stephen King cameo. Great reaction, as always ❤

[@eduardo_corrochio]

King is a little like Alfred Hitchcock in some of his movies, making a cameo appearance. Pops up unexpectedly (of course, Hitch never had speaking roles). Making him the preacher at the burial was a good choice here.

[@Yavanna79]

Me too. :D

[@erniegutierrez410]

My favorite book and movie of all time. I find the story of Pet Sematary more sad than scary

[@Jackie-McCann]

Stephen King was inspired to write this book after his young son had a close call involving a truck. He had reached him just in time, so the little guy wasn’t hurt, but King couldn’t help but think about what might’ve happened if he had been just a few seconds slower. After writing Pet Sematary, he actually didn’t want it published because of how bleak and horrific it was, but had to anyway to fulfill his publishing contract with Doubleday at the time.

[@davidphillips9726]

Are the Zelda scenes from this movie not the most terrifying thing you've ever seen?? Still freaks me out to this day

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Different then the Zelda video game....ha....

[@carcass81]

yeah man....Zelda freaks me out.....the music from the master Elioth Goldenthal it's something thats keep with me until this day too....a personal favorite movie....greetings.

[@attitudeproblem6462]

Zelda didn’t really scare me initially b/c she was sick. I’ve had spinal meningitis before…but I never knew it could get that bad…

[@NostalgiCrazy]

It was one of the scariest things that replayed in my head as a kid! Especially when opening a bedroom door lol.

[@Morris1581]

As Kid yes. Today Not anymore. It feels cringe today for me.

[@meltorme-ntor2933]

Hey, the preacher at the cemetery is Stephen King! I didn't realize he did a cameo in this movie!

[@StCerberusEngel]

It's strongly suggested that Ellie has the shining. She dreams of church's Death and burial, dreams about Victor Pascow and has premonitions about Gage and her dad. Not so much a zombie movie, but more about death, grief and the insanity that comes with loss. The heavy themes and how directly it handles them are what makes this movie a classic horror film.

[@Gideonite]

I was thinking the same thing about Ellie, they defiantly lost that in the remake.

[@JW666]

King's books do have a connection to one and another, almost like a shared universe.

[@pobstrel]

@@JW666 Definitely. The Shining is connected to IT.

[@rocketrichard8264]

I was definitely wondering if Ellie had the shining. After seeing doctor sleep it definitely seems that she does. Love the idea that pet semetary and the shining share the same universe.

[@homelesshannah50]

@@JW666 Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game, they both watching the eclipse when she gets molested by her dad and Dolores kills her husband

[@fabiosegretario1986]

The scene in which Louis takes his wife to the cemetery saying that this time it will be okay because she has just died is one of the most beautiful scenes ever made because it is terribly true in the madness of a man caused by pain, who does not realize what he is doing . Like a drunkenness that doesn't make you aware of reality. Is magnificent.

[@JustTanya.]

Yeah, unfortunately he was too damn selfish to even comprehend that he still had a daughter that was alive and needed him because Lord knows she should not have been raised by Rachel's parents.

[@ScorpioRising13]

@@JustTanya.it’s not selfishness, it’s madness from grief and the Wendigo. The evil that lurks in the burial ground started to take hold of him after he buried Church.

[@Katie38689]

@@ScorpioRising13yes I agree that it was the wendigo taking advantage of him. It also took advantage of pascow and Judd. A lot of people think pascow was trying to help but the whole time he was kind of using reverse psychology showing him and the daughter everything they needed to see to lead them into the pet semetary. He practically brought the mom himself. I think pascow was the wendigo.

[@radar9790]

I haven’t read the book which might state it, but this may also be tied to the fact that as a Dr he does everything to fight death.

[@MonocerosC]

This movie is the reason I have a phobia of my Achilles tendon snapping or being cut, and undead Church is terrifying along with the sister Zelda.

[@justinchristoph3725]

42:35 Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is one of the definitions of insanity.

[@sethwood6501]

A lot of Stephen King's books have someone who is psychic to some degree, even if the story isn't strictly about that. I find this particularly true in his early works.

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

A whole lot of people "shine" for sure. Just about everyone in The Shining, Abra and Rose in Dr. Sleep, Beverly and Bill from IT, Carrie White, Charlie from Firestarter, Mother Abigail from The Stand, pretty much everyone in Rose Red. I'm sure there are more.

[@darkchashy2663]

Sometimes you gotta shine your way out of writing yourself into a corner.😊

[@razycrandomgirl]

​@@ItDoesntMatterReallyall of the losers club had a touch of the shine.

[@mikeydubbs8565]

Isn’t there a connection between IT and Dreamcatcher? I don’t remember the latter novel as I was doing a lot of opiates when I read it, but I swear there was a connection

[@mckenzie.latham91]

@@darkchashy2663 or it could be whatever powers behind the universe trying to balance out the evil ones if evil and supernatural beings exist as they do in the Stephen king books and universe, then something opposite of them must exist as well so maybe the shinning and psychic abilities are one side trying to give people a chance against the other? it’s called creativity and thought, which is the point of literature.

[@Cthulwho69]

I started taking shots to your video's every time you say Please. I now have stage 4 liver cancer.. no regrets.. I love it!

[@Jay_delachance]

Well guys I think she may have finally broken me down to becoming a Patreon supporter, not so much for this vid but more of a gradual wearing down of my resistance to it over time. I've been on the internet since the mid 90's and never felt the need to be more than a lurker during all those years. Never posted to an online forum, Reddit, KZbin, any of those things. Of all the personalities and entertainers I've seen over the years she's the one to finally draw me out of my virtual hermit cave to participate, to the extent of not only posting messages but contributing financially as well, a notion I wouldn't have even considered up until very recently. Her charisma has a way of working on you insidiously over time, so if you're relatively new to her channel and on the fence about her or think this post is over the top, keep watching and I can almost guarantee that she will eventually win you over. She's like a turbo-charged version of a regular person: hyper aware, hyper expressive and hyper charismatic. Off I go to support our favorite rubber-faced girl, hopefully it inspires others to follow suit as it would be a real shame to lose an entertainer of this calibre due to a lack of support. I just wanted to post this first to see what kind of a discussion it would generate before I did anything. So PLEASE!!! ...discuss.

[@neuguy]

Lmfao ok simp 😂

[@Galaka100]

I agree! Katherine is my favourite reactor by far. Her improv skills are off the chart. And so funny (amongst all the horror).

[@Jay_delachance]

@@Galaka100 Hi. Thanks for backing me up. I'm in complete agreement. I think one of the things that sets her apart for me is her rare gift of extreme facial expressiveness. She's got all these types and intensities of faces she can summon which is like putting a big exclamation mark on whatever point or joke she's making. Others without that gift but with as strong a sense of humour as her just wouldn't be able to sell it as well. You can also tell she has this knowing sense about her with a really keen mind. I had a feeling the original post would be controversial when I made it. If you sort by top comments you can see it has sunk below posts with a lot less likes, which tells me it must have gotten a bunch of dislikes to go along with them. I'm self-aware enough to know how these long winded praise posts can come off to other people, so I can 100% see where they're coming from as I would have been cringing and eye rolling along with them not too long ago. But like I said above if they stick with her they will inevitably be blindsided and converted just like we were.

[@Timelord007]

Kats hilarious reactions are priceless she's charming, witty & a very beautiful woman. One of my favourite You Tube reactors. Miko Hughes who plays the baby Gage also features in Wes Cravens New Nightmare a.k.a Nightmare On Elm Street 7.

[@mikeman2862]

Trivia: Bruce Campbell was the first choice to play Louis but declined due to scheduling conflicts

[@LordVolkov]

That could have been incredible...

[@phousefilms]

Aw man, I wish I had seen that.

[@squamish4244]

No shit! That would have been...groovy.

[@Suzanne99]

This movie freaked me out as a kid. Love your energy, your enthusiasm, your reactions and your chanel. You're doing your fellow Canadians proud. I'd love to see your reaction and your thoughts on "Session 9" and "The Ritual"

[@KRadd13]

both solid recommendations

[@serpentsepia6638]

@@KRadd13 Yes, to both!

[@greg5775]

Being a Dad and a grandfather of 8, and no matter how many times I see that scene with Gage and the truck, it chokes me up.

[@MacTechG4]

I know, a perfectly good 18 wheeler gets destroyed, it’s heartbreaking :(

[@liamroberts1458]

​@@MacTechG4 You dickhead... that was cold-heartedly hilarious.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

Even as an evil smelly undead demon cat, Church is adorable. Choosing a British shorthair to play him was a great choice, so cute and distinct. If I remember correctly, in the book the old burial ground was actually a part of the land ruled by a wendigo, and the indigenous tribe marked it as forbidden to humans. So when Lewis Creed buried Church in the burial ground, he unknowingly invited the wendigo, which then had influence on Gage dying. So Lewis not wanting to address Church's death, not wanting to let Ellie process death and the loss of her cat, came back tenfold on him. The final stage of grief is acceptance after all, and the refusal to accept made things worse.

[@honeybeastie1]

The actor that played the old neighbor, is the same who was Herman Munster on The Munsters TV show.

[@midianmtd]

This movie is ICONIC. It came out when I was in an alternative high school, and it left a huge impact on me & my friends. We had all read the book, but this movie was over the edge of the cliff 'effed up. And the young actor they got to play Gage was so perfect. And as teenagers we all blasted the Ramones theme song. Still listen to it today with glee. And another epic review Kat. Your reviews have become my new heroin. Sorry for the dark humor.

[@Zombies_Are_Real]

Always loved this movie! Gage is so cute, and creepy when needed, great child acting in this film! Still find Zelda to be the scariest thing I've seen in a movie. Avoid the remake though, it wasn't very good at all. I want to recommend Ready Or Not. It's newer and technically a horror comedy, but I just know you would have a BLAST watching that movie.

[@alexspindler1]

"Finish the job!". Kat had become brutal in her horror journey! : ) This is a really effective Stephen King adaptation and it has one of the best SK casting choices in Fred Gwynne. "Sometimes dead is bettah". The kid is beyond creepy, Paxcow is one of the best dead sidekicks since American Werewolf, and the gore is really great.

[@homelesshannah50]

LOL I didn't even think of that and Miko was really cute when not playing a child demon.

[@jacklively5229]

The Wendigo spirit is what “soured” the ground, and influenced people to bury in the ground so it could cross the barrier where it as trapped in the old burial ground. It possessed Gage’s corpse, hence his sudden craftiness and strength. Don’t worry about what you thought you saw in the woods; don’t worry about that sound. Tell yourself it’s just a loon.

[@DavidLopez-qi8hb]

The Wendigo is also the reason why Jud being way older is able to climb up to the burial ground so quickly while Louis struggling .

[@Etherwinter]

When Rachel opened the door to her sister's room, and her sister suddenly got up, you hear her bones cracking. And me, an olld 34 year old looked at it and went "Oh wow I wish I could crack my back like that"

[@JordanR1621]

@15:53 Kat: "Don't worry. I'm not worried." Also Kat: 👀

[@MGmirkin]

All kinds of great horrors yet to watch: As Above, So Below Grave Encounters The Pyramid Pandorum The Other Side of the Door [IIRC, Asian film, but "Pet Sematary" vibes] Oculus The Night House The Gallows The Last Exorcism Mama Come Play I am Zozo Separation The Lazarus Effect The Apparition Cloverfield Quarantine [English shot-for-shot remake of "REC"]

[@dermagnus8482]

Kristy

[@derekdecker555]

King was famously inspired by his own life with this book. I believe it was when he was teaching and, just like the Creeds, the King family moved to a house by a high travel road. First the family cat Smucky was killed, then there was a very close call with King’s son Owen. Understandable why King stuffed this book away for several years before publishing it.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

One fact it´s that the old man (Jud) was played by Fred Gwynne, who also played Herman Munster in the Munsters (Gwynne size was 6´5´) . There is also a cameo of Stephen King, who wrote this book, (the priest in the film).

[@richardb6260]

One of the most faithful adaptations of one of King's novels. Helps that King himself wrote the script. Two of my favorite King films are Cujo and Cat's Eye. Cat's Eye adapts two of King's previously published short stories as well as another King wrote for the movie. Another good one is Creepshow. It's directed by George A Romero and written by King. It's five stories told in the style of a horror comic book from the 50s. King plays the main character in one of the stories.

[@deeanna8448]

Cujo was the first Stephen King novel. I read it in middle school.

[@jamesdee759]

I like the fact that the Priest at the funeral was Steven King himself. If I moved into a place like that, the first thing I would do is to build a fence around my front yard to help keep my kids from wandering too close to the road.

[@aurochtamer]

Gage was even scarier in the book. Because of how he died, he was very deformed and basically moved around like a broken marionette. To get back at Lou for spoiling its fun, the Entity let Gage come back at the very end. Gage had enough time to recognise Lou, ask him "Daddy?" then fall over dead for a second time. It broke Lou so completely that the story actually ceases to be from his perspective after that. Like Call of Cthuhlu rpg "your character is now an NPC under the GM's conrol now" style. There's reason King thought this book was too dark to publish originally.

[@itscarriebomb]

OK, I definitely need to get on this book right the phuck now because that description you gave was truly chilling and I want more, LOL. It's weird - I've read so much Stephen King, but I still haven't read this one yet!

[@83gemm]

@@itscarriebombMake sure you are in a healthy mindset. It’s a story about the madness of grief and if you’re anywhere on that journey- I mean if you are mourning a houseplant right now - wait a while. If you do tackle it, I’d recommend the audiobook. Michael C Hall (who played Dexter and played David on Six Feet Under) narrates it quite well. It’s REALLY good, which is why I give the warning. Uncle Steve went to a dark place in this one. He and his family really did live in a similar place and his daughter really DID lose a cat to the road. One day, his toddler son made a break for the road, but, thankfully, King caught him before he got there. When he wrote the book, he was exploring his own worst “what if.” It’s clearly a deeply personal story for him and it shows. I don’t know how to explain it, except to say that it’s REAL.

[@itscarriebomb]

@@83gemm Don’t worry about me. I’m made of steel. 😉

[@83gemm]

@@itscarriebomb 😂 I just like to give folks a warning that it’s a great book, but don’t touch it during the grieving process. “Sometimes dead is better,” because grief creates even more grief. But it’s really really good. The wife’s character is far more palatable in the book, in my opinion.

[@walthersorsa4847]

Oh man this movie was depressing than scary, but that what you expect from Stephen King. One of my favorite Stephen King movie adaptations. Great reaction Kat and take care and stay safe 👍.

[@SuperRustydogg]

My favorite part is when she points out the “REAL HORROR” of this movie… you’re amazing😊 and the Stephen king appearance at 16:58….👍🏻

[@LiirThropp2687]

Not only is this story terrifying, it's so SAD! That poor family. Stephen King did amazing showing the horror of grief and what it can do to someone. If a place like that burial ground existed, and someone you love more than anything died.....some people would be tempted. Grief is a very powerful thing and we all have someone we wish we had more time with. Stephen King is brilliant.

[@jaydisqus3353]

It's amazing how quickly your channel is growing.

[@jaydisqus3353]

@@CyanideSublime she's doing something right.

[@mlong1958]

I love Fred Gwynne's (Herman Munster) performance in this. "The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Louis. A man grows what he can, and he tends it. Because what you buy is what you own." The preacher at the funeral was Stephen King.

[@Gotham_Moon]

Agreed. Gwynne is iconic as Judd.

[@josephmayo3253]

The father in law is the real horror of this movie. Great reaction Kat. Another great Stephen King. There are a lot of other great ones for you to check out. Firestarter, Christine, and Children of the Corn are possibilities for you. Belated Happy Canada Day.

[@GlynDwr-d4h]

Mary Lambert was like, "ok, I have to kill this kid with a Mack truck and have him return as a zombie cannibal psycho killer armed with a scalpel. Clearly I need to cast the absolute archetypal cutest kid in the world for this."

[@santaonthecross]

"I'm sure this movie will pay more than some new Star Trek show, who's even heard of that? " Said Denise Crosby, once.

[@dermagnus8482]

And after that she became a cannibal in TWD and ate people.

[@joshuah9109]

The director wanted the young actress playing the young daughter to cry on film. She was told to try hard to remember something really sad from her past. Nothing worked. The director then offered her more money if she cried. That worked.😄

[@marierae6049]

One of my favorites as a kid (right behind Children of the Corn)! Anticipating your reaction to a few parts in particular 😬😬

[@MontagZoso]

Kay, after watching several of your videos. I’m convinced you actually DO like horror movies!

[@timothywilliams2252]

Actually, although I saw the movie, it was one of the few Stephen King novels I didn't read. Knowing that King likes to make connections between his stories, obviously in Pet Semetary, both Rachael and Ellie "Shined" like Danny and Jack Torrance (although Jack having the Shining was just in the book--it was the reason he could see and interact with all the ghosts at the Overlook). There's also a connection between The Shining & Misery, as well as another between Delores Claiborne and Storm of the Century, and also Carrie and Rose Red. And I'm sure there are many more that I can't think of, at present. It seems King created his own entire world of horror, supernatural, and the macabre. I suggest checking out the Stephen King mini-series movies Storm of the Century and Rose Red

[@slimmccoy8863]

"Cujo" and "Dead Zone" have some background details that connect the stories.

[@jamesfears83]

The Dark Tower series of course also brings that King universe together.

[@scottmoss1854]

The little boy is a good actor. He actually played tv shows like full house and others in the 90s and a bunch of movies as well.

[@mam362]

The part of this movie that always got to me was the scene where the father has to kill his "zombie" son to save his own life. Imagine the horror of having to make that decision.

[@richardevans9003]

Which he completely undoes by burying his wife. Although he thinks the logic will make her come back "OK", I suppose

[@candybanks8717]

My first wife was straight up traumatized when Gage died. Saw her cry but never sob. She was destroyed.

[@scotthawkes1145]

Another great reaction, Kat. The scariest part of this movie for me was always Zelda. Considering the illness based on a real condition. I have to say that I still want you to go through the second and third Poltergeist movies. They have one of the creepiest characters ever seen in a movie, in my opinion.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

That was genuinely heart wrenching when he injected Gage in the neck visualising his son and he started crying like a human kid.

[@brom00]

Great reaction, Kat. This movie creeped me out in seeing it in '89. As did the book. There's a fun retrospective from 2017 called "Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary" that's worth watching if you like BTS stuff. :Like the daughter was played by twins, and child actor was actually was that good. All the child actors are now well adjusted adults.

[@THEjodSTARR]

The way you said "Oh to the old pet sematary" when she asked where the path led made me laugh so fucking much idk why hahaha

[@marie-helenemartel7147]

Great reaction. One of my favorite S. King horror movies. Underrated imo. Tanks for the reaction. Keep'em coming!

[@raymondrussell8796]

The tiny cute little boy you recognized is also on 90’s tv program Full House, and 90’s Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, kindergarten cop, and Wes Craven‘s new nightmare as the main character Dylan

[@xrusted]

I love this movie -- Pascow the Friendly Ghost and The Legend of Zelda :) It's amazing. Thankyou for doing a reaction to this -- I LOVE your reactions!!!!!!!! Much love and much respect.

[@darrylhughes7797]

Stephen King fans have often wondered if Ellie had the shining and that's why she had the prophetic dreams that she had.

[@TheRiehlThing42]

As always, you are so full of expression with your reactions, and jumps. It is so entertaining to watch. I was about 10 years old, when I was over at my cousin's house and they were watching it. We were heading over to another cousin's house, and the scene we left at, was the truck scene. My memory of that time was the bloodied sneaker. I was in 6th grade, and saw the book at the public library and checked it out. It started my fandom of Stephen King. After I read the book, I watched the movie all the way through. Stephen King based this story on a house he and his family moved to. It had a Pet Sematary, but not haunted, of course. They lived on a busy highway, and one day his son was running towards the road and a truck was coming. Stephen King said he ran, and dove and was able to stop his son from getting into the highway. It terrified him. His mind went down the rabbit hole of what could have happened.

[@Mai2727]

Poor Ellie. Because she loved her cat, she not only lost him, but also her entire family.

[@robschuder3210]

You are covering all of the horror genres really well. Your channel is kind of the best at horror I think. Here's another in the woman revenge category, It's called,Revenge. It's a fairly recent indie.

[@helpmeImpoor5314]

Agree with other commenters...I'd definitely put up a fence! That road is SO scary

[@80Jay71]

i read this when I was 14. I guess that explains why I am the way I am today. :) King got the name "Mic-Mac" from another great horroror-writer "Graham Masterton". The only movie produced from his novels is "The Manitou". Back to this one... Pet Sematery is so haunting in so many places. It's actually a study in King's way of writing..

[@BlackTyler_]

27:17 just sitting at the Cemetery destroying a family bucket 🐔🍗

[@guitarbrad]

I wonder if Kat has changed her opinion about horror movies - in general. Her bio says "I hate horror movies". Now that she's watched some of the best, has she changed her mind?

[@final_queer]

The mother's sick sister scared me so bad as a kid. Such a good movie. The remake is pretty good as well. There's some decent twist in it. Highly recommend.

[@ernestolopez23]

This movie stuck with me when i saw it young, i must have been like 6-7 years old and gage’s death and coming back from the dead traumatized me for years lol what a classic, they just don’t make them like they used to

[@glyndwr15]

I don't remember how it went down in the book, but my guess is that Gage isn't really Gage when he comes back. He's a manifestation of the evil in the burial ground that remembers when Judd and the others killed the other guy who was resurrected. Gage went to Judd's house to kill him to get revenge for that, I think.

[@CyanideSublime]

Hey Kat, you got this channel's growth going. Go for Children of the Corn next. Stephen King films are awesome.

[@stygggian]

I read this ook when I was nine years old,it was asummer where I read everything of his I could get ahold of at the library.

[@robertstuart480]

The novel "Pet Sematary" is a good, scary read imo.

[@joshuah9109]

This was that little boys 1st film (being sooo young, no surprise) but he would go on to be in a number of films as a child actor, including Nancy/Heather's son Dylan in "NEW NIGHTMARE."

[@sammylane21]

Truest lesson of this movie is for you parents to tell your kids you love them in a audibly clear tone so they can hear you.... And not kill your whole family. 😂💗

[@MjrCoxwell]

in most Stephen King movies, he plays a cameo- He was the preacher at the funeral in Pet Sematary

[@stevebravo4697]

Kat another great reaction. You are hands down my favorite reactor on KZbin

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

"You're Next" is such a good home invasion movie with Horror elements and the main character is a badass

[@lean79]

The priest is Stephen King himself. A great cameo 😊

[@biguy617]

He does that in some of his movies but not all of them.