Pet Sematary: Bloodlines steps back in time and reveals the history behind the creepy cemetery featured in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. The Paramount+ original film expands the universe of King’s bestselling horror novel that centered on a pet cemetery set up on the Micmac Burial Ground and possessed the power to bring animals…and people…back to life.
The prequel, which just confirmed its official title and premiere date, stars Jackson White (Tell Me Lies) Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (Mare of Easttown), Henry Thomas (The Fall of the House of Usher), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Gifted) and Isabella Star LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country). Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) and David Duchovny (Californication) are also featured in the supernatural horror film.
Lindsey Anderson Beer makes her directorial debut with the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Jeff Buhler. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian serve as producers.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines premieres on Friday, October 6, 2023 on Paramount+.
Paramount+ offers this synopsis of the horror prequel:
“In 1969, a young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path.
Based on the untold chapter from Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s chilling novel, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is a terrifying prequel and the untold story of why sometimes dead is better…”
