After too many years I finally managed to read Stephen King's Pet Sematary, the story about a family that first loses their pet cat, and then their younger son, both hit by trucks on a busy road.
("Honey, did you put the cat out? It fuckin smells in here!")
I had watched Mary Lambert's movie many years ago, when it premiered, in 1989, but, as always, watching the movie and reading the original story is never the same thing. On top of that, more than 20 years between each experience make a very big difference. I am a fahter now, and that fact made King's narrative a whole lot more powerful. I cannot even begin to imagine what it would be like to lose a son, the extremes a parent would go to try and get him back, but Stephen King was very near that feeling, for this was somewhat based on a true story, up till the moment whan he rescued his own son from being ran over by a truck. Feelings apart, Pet Sematary is a very powerful book, where King uses his mastery as a storyteller to keep us turning pages all through the night. Too bad the ending is very weak, although it was typical of King during this 80s and 90s period, when it looked like the author suddenly thought the book was way too big and it was time to finish it. That gave us some Deus ex machina endings, like the present book's, and most notably the one in Needful Things, where literally something comes out of the sky...
("Praise the Lord, I did it again, another shitty ending!")
But nevermind the ending. It's a great read, one of King's best books.
On another note, I wouldn't be myself if I didn't bring you some strange thing for your viewing pleasure. While I was searching for the cover of the book, I came across this demented piece of Claymation based on Pet Sematary. Aptly called Postman Pat's Pet Sematary, it's a gory and very funny short, that will keep you entertained for two odd minutes. Mind the gore and the language, for it's very NSFW. Enjoy :)
