Stephen King Movie Based On His Self-Proclaimed “Scariest” Story Now on HBO’s Max
Stephen King is an unapologetic purveyor of macabre terror. But even he has his limits. In a tragic turn of historic events, the prolific scribe pulled his novel Rage from circulation. The book was tied to several violent developments and the author wanted no part of that . But that’s not the only time King backed away from one of his creations. In fact, he famously revealed to EW that he only released Pet Sematary due to a contractual obligation. Whoa.
The outlet asked about persistent lore suggesting he tried to walk away from the book because it was too dark and King confirmed the hype, saying that when he listened to the audiobook version he thought: “My God, this is just awful. It’s just as dark as can be.”
King’s perspective as a parent is what made him regret the contents of the book
The author continued: “I just had the greatest time writing the book until I was done with it. And I read it over, and I said to myself, ‘This is awful. This is really f—ing terrible.’ Not that it was badly written, necessarily. But all that stuff about the death of kids. It was close to me, because my kids lived on that road.”
That’s really saying something. King has pushed so many boundaries and rarely seems to regret doing so. But his response makes sense. As a father, it’s only natural for him to see the parallel between the characters in his book and his own children. And that’s a lot for a dad to take.
The feature film adaptation of the infamous novel is almost as dark as the tome on which it is based. Zelda sent shivers down the spines of an entire generation of youngsters and remains just as terrifying to most adults who revisit the flick.
If you are due for a repeat visit to the infamous Pet Sematary, you can find the film streaming on HBO’s Max as of the publication of this post.
The screen adaptation plays out like this: Doctor Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff) moves his family to Maine, where he meets a friendly local named Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne). After an automobile strikes the Creeds’ cat, Crandall advises Louis to bury it in the ground near the old pet cemetery. The cat returns to life, its personality changed for the worse. When Louis’ son, Gage (Miko Hughes), dies tragically, Louis decides to bury the boy’s body in the same ground despite the warnings of Crandall and Louis’ visions of a deceased patient.
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