Summary

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is a prequel to the 2019 film, delving into the history of the graveyard and the character of Jud Crandall. The trailer features an iconic quote from Stephen King’s novel and past adaptations: “Sometimes dead is better.” The Pet Sematary: Bloodlines cast includes Jackson White, Jack Mulhern, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Pam Grier.

The Pet Sematary: Bloodlines trailer teases the history of the graveyard and brings back an iconic line from the original. The upcoming horror film serves as a prequel to 2019’s Pet Sematary, which was based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same name. The Pet Sematary: Bloodlines cast includes Jackson White as Jud Crandall, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Henry Thomas, Natalie Alyn Lind, Isabella Star LaBlanc, Samantha Mathis, Jackie Brown’s Pam Grier, and The X-Files star David Duchovny.

On Tuesday, Paramount Plus premiered the first official trailer for the prequel ahead of the Pet Sematary: Bloodlines release date next month. Watch it below:

Set in 1969, the trailer finds a young Jud Crandall, the character played by John Lithgow in 2019’s Pet Sematary, attempting to leave his hometown of Ludlow, Maine, but before he can make it out, he and his childhood friends discover an ancient evil that has been lurking inside Ludlow since its inception. They discover the ancient Native American burial ground which resurrects the dead with a sinister disposition. The trailer ends by bringing back an iconic quote from King’s novel and past adaptations, “Sometimes dead is better.”

What To Know About Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

As a prequel to 2019’s Pet Sematary, Bloodlines will flesh out the history of the graveyard and the backstory for the character of Jud Crandall. His early experiences with the haunted burial ground were briefly mentioned in King’s novel, though they have never been explored in depth on screen before Bloodlines. Pet Sematary was previously adapted into a feature film in 1989 starring Fred Gwynne as Jud and was followed by the oft-forgotten sequel Pet Sematary Two in 1992 which, considering his fate from the first film, doesn’t feature Jud.

Related: Why Stephen King Didn’t Like The First Pet Sematary Movie

The 2019 version of Pet Sematary was received poorly by critics and audiences with respective 56 percent and 33 percent scores on Rotten Tomatoes. However, its commercial success (grossing over $100 million worldwide) was enough to justify a follow-up, albeit with a straight-to-streaming release. While the 2019 remake was criticized for rehashing its source material instead of reimagining it in an interesting way, the upcoming prequel could improve upon this deficiency by exploring Jud’s largely unexplored backstory. Only time will tell when Pet Sematary: Bloodlines releases October 6 on Paramount+.

Source: Paramount Plus

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