Saw Pet Sematary the other night and thought they did a pretty good job of it.
King's horror novels always seem to have a harder time translating to the big screen than his more dramatic works (e.g. Shawshank, Stand by Me), but advancing technology helps quite a lot. This was a genuine horror movie that was well paced (could have been a bit longer if anything) and stuck fairly faithfully to the book. In a weird way it was a bit like "Us" but with white people (and less humour and plot holes).
No movie is ever going to live up to the book in terms of sheer fright value, but this one made a good effort. Solid 7.5/10 from me.
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