"Pet Cemetery" is a movie based on Stephen King's horror novel of the same name. It is starred in the movie. It tells the story of a family who discovered a mysterious cemetery in the woods behind their new home.
Stephen King’s original novel was published in 1983 and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986. It was adapted into a movie of the same name for the first time in 1989, and Stephen King once publicly declared One of the scariest novels ever written.
This article will count all the Stephen Golden Eggs in the new version of "Pet Cemetery", and welcome to add any missing ones.
1. At Ellie’s birthday party, Judd could be heard singing "There was a big Saint Bernard. He got rabies...", which is based on another novel by Stephen King, "The Omen" (Cujo) adaptation of the movie "Rabid Dog" (Cujo).
2. When Rachel was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway, there was a street sign in the scene that said "Derry", which refers to the town of Delhi where the story in Stephen King's novel "It" took place. .
3. Before starting a new job, Louis mentioned his previous job as "Graveyard Shift", which refers to Stephen King's novel "Graveyard Shift" .
4. Ludlow is the main place where the story in the original novel takes place. It is also where the story of Stephen King’s novel "The Dark Half" takes place.
5. When Gage repeats "Pascow", the scene is very similar to Danny Torrance in "The Shining" repeating "Redrum".
6. When Louis followed Pascow to the bush barrier, Pasco grabbed his hand and tried to stop him. The tribute here is based on Stephen King’s novel Carrie. The ending of the adaptation of the film of the same name.
7. Rachel saw the scene of blood spilling in the food elevator, paying tribute to a similar scene from the 1980 classic movie of the same name based on Stephen King's novel "The Shining".
8. The section where Church wants to suffocate Gage is very similar to the section in Stephen King's Cat's Eye .
9. The section where Ellie was hit by a tanker is a bit similar to Stephen King 's Johnny in "The Dead Zone" (The Dead Zone) who was hit, and the latter went into a coma.
Concluding remarks
"Pet Cemetery" has been exploring the meaning of "life and death". The original novel tends to express the changes in the attitudes of the characters to "life and death" and the impact of this deep concept on human nature. But the film more or less blurs this idea, shifts to focus on the atmosphere and the shaping of the atmosphere, and finally shoots a darker movie.
Although in terms of horror film standards, most of the film’s pictures and sound effects are still very traditional Jump-scare routines, the large-scale adaptation of the film version itself also continues to a certain extent the theme discussed in the novel. The adaptation of the character setting and the different focus of pen and ink make the essence of the 2019 version of "Pet Cemetery" still exist, the atmosphere is stronger, and it also proves to the world that Stephen King's novel is a bottomless pit, every success Adaptations can create different quality products.
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