Pet Sematary '89 Review - Sometimes Dead Is Better, But Edited Poorly - Ep 181

We ask questions, do impersonations, sing, dance, & discuss a GREAT bad film. ***This Review of 89’s Pet Sematary has a Spoiler Section*** What is an MMO Retrospective - 2:08 NON-SPOILER REVIEW Cast and Crew - 2:32 Story Inception/Production Notes - 7:13 Specs - 13:52 Plot Premise/Expectations - 17:43 Production Values - 20:55 Stephen King’s Affinity for History - 26:21 Performances - 28:45 Script Thoughts - 32:48 Spoiler Warning Dance Break - 34:08 SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW Legitimately Impressive Bests - 35:26 The Awesomely Bad: An Undead History Lesson + Some non-Rules Rules - 40:26 Jud’s Bored - 44:53 Doc, Maybe a Fence? - 48:09 Zelda, Bad Parenting, and Worse Editing - 49:05 Sleep Tight - 54:58 The Last Scene - 56:25 And The Best Quote - 59:03 Final Grades - 59:59 Words of Wisdom/Social Media - 1:01:01 At MMO, we do retrospectives whenever we can & whenever it’s necessary. Heading into the remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary for a release the first week of April, we had to discuss the story that has scared millions (literally). One of us watched the film for the first time. The other hadn’t seen Pet Sematary in years. Neither Mike could have foreseen how much fun we’d have studying & talking about one of Stephen King’s biggest box office hits. Watch both the 1989 film & the accompanying making-of documentary both on Amazon Prime, & get ready for the Jason Clarke, John Lithgow, & Amy Seimetz led remake right here with us. So let’s get this straight right off the bat. We enjoyed watching Pet Sematary. But as we make clear early in this episode, our review lands on the fact that this is a great bad film. If you’ve been with us throughout our coverage of the horror genre, especially during the Oscar “off-seasons,” if such a thing even exists, then you know we can have too much fun talking about non-awards movies. On the flip side, you also know we won’t hesitate to campaign for our favorite horror films & performances into the Oscar conversation. Get Out was our hope for Best Picture in our first year on the show. Hereditary’s Toni Collette was our Best Actress last year, and horror movie reviews are a constant for our show. Our track record for film appreciation in the horror genre is all over our catalog, & we enjoy talking films of all kinds and critical profiles. We’ve reviewed the entire Halloween franchise, the Conjuring Universe, both Suspiria’s, American Psycho, Overlord, & many others. Since we’re psyched to see the new Pet Sematary, we knew the 1989 retrospective was gonna be a must, and this recording experience did not disappoint. The episode follows our normal movie review format that we use for Oscar Sprint Profiles, Movie Events, & Retrospectives alike. There’s a non-spoiler section including a production profile filled with cast & crew filmographies, movie specs & all the numbers, and behind the scenes making-of commentary before we offer a non-spoiler overviews of the production values, performances, & script. Then we give you some spoiler warning dance music & dive deep into the plot of the film including all our bests & worsts, an analysis of the themes, & our final grades. As always, let us know your thoughts. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!