QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Pet Sematary can be found here.
QDoes Stephen King have a cameo in "Pet Sematary"?
AYes. He plays the minister at Missy's funeral.
QHow closely does the movie follow the book?
AAccording to those who have both seen the movie and read the book, the movie mostly follows the book, at least to the degree that it represents all of the major "happenings". It's far from perfect, though, because a major component of the book takes place within Louis Creed's mind and his slow dip into insanity following the death of his son and the visit to the true pet sematary. In the book, Jud has a wife. When his wife dies, Rachel reacts badly. Part of Jud's wife's role was used for Missy in the film, who had been just a minor character in the book. The movie has cut out a lot of what the spirit possessing the buried bodies is all about. In the book, an essential aspect is that it's an all-knowing and evil, crude and merciless in verbal level too, but the film chose to not point this out either in Timmy's or Gage's case. In Gage's case it's understandable though as the actor was far too young to speak such lines at all. The film also has the resurrected Gage all pretty baby, whereas in the novel, he's what a toddler realistically would look like after being hit by a truck and re-intacted to one piece before burying. Rachel's appearance is also different, and the book ends right when she says "Darling."
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