One of the creepiest parts about the titular location in the new Pet Sematary (based on Stephen King's novel of the same name) is its backstory. Maintained by grieving children wearing all-too-real animal masks, the Pet Sematary is filled with graves that have the haunting look of being made by young hands. There are tombstones carved out of old milk jugs and weathered wood, and there's a certain kind of dark magic that hangs in the air (and from Daily Dead's time on set, I can assure you that the Pet Sematary is located deep enough in the woods to make you feel like civilization is a distant dream). It's truly a hair-raising place, and you can get a sense of that spine-tingling atmosphere in a new 3D photo from the film that features a group of children on their way to the Pet Sematary.
Shared on the official Pet Sematary Facebook page on Halloween, the new 3D photo can be viewed below, and the funeral procession seemingly comes to life when you hover your arrow above the photo.
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more Pet Sematary updates ahead of the movie's release in April, and in case you missed it, check out the first part of our set visit impressions here.
Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, and written by Jeff Buhler (based on King's novel), Pet Sematary stars Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Hugo & Lucas Lavoie, and John Lithgow. Paramount Pictures will release Pet Sematary in theaters on April 5th, 2019.
Synopsis: "Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences."
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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