Movies Like Pet Sematary (1989)

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Pet Sematary Movie Information:

Directors:

Mary Lambert

Stars:

Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard … (full cast)

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1. Misery (1990)

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2. Carrie (1976)

   Synopsis/Plot: It's nearing the end of the school year.
   
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   Her mother, Margaret…
   
   Tagline: You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences.
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3. Poltergeist (1982)

   Synopsis/Plot: A young family are visited by ghosts in their home.
   
   At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the…
   
   Tagline: From a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to death.
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4. It (1990)

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5. Child's Play (1988)

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   Little does he know a little boy…
   
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6. Pet Sematary (2019)

   Synopsis/Plot: Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children, Gage and Ellie, move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie 'Pet Sematary' located nearby.
   
   After the tragedy of their…
   
   Tagline: Sometimes Dead Is Better
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7. Christine (1983)

   Synopsis/Plot: In 1957, in Detroit, a red Plymouth Fury is built and is the cause of two accidents, one of them fatal, still in the assembly line.
   
   Twenty-one years later, the outcast and bullied nerd Arnold…
   
   Tagline: She'll possess you. Then destroy you. She's death on wheels. She's...
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Action
   
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8. Children of the Corn (1984)

   Synopsis/Plot: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to Gatlin, Nebraska and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
   
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   Tagline: An adult nightmare.
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9. Creepshow (1982)

   Synopsis/Plot: Five tales of terror are presented.
   
   The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father's Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him.
   
   The second is about a…
   
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10. Cujo (1983)

    Synopsis/Plot: Donna Trenton is a frustrated suburban housewife whose life is in turmoil after her husband learns about her having an affair.
    
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11. Pet Sematary II (1992)

    Synopsis/Plot: After the horrible electrocution of his divorced mother in a freakish film-set accident, the troubled thirteen-year-old boy, Jeff Matthews, and his father, Chase, move to his hometown of Ludlow, Maine, to make a fresh start.…
    
    Tagline: Some stories just won't stay dead.
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Movies like Pet Sematary include Misery (1990), Carrie (1976), Poltergeist (1982), It (1990), Child's Play (1988), Pet Sematary (2019), Christine (1983), Children of the Corn (1984), Creepshow (1982), Cujo (1983), and Pet Sematary II (1992).

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