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Stephen King Stopped Producers From Cutting Pet Sematary’s Saddest Scene
By CHRIS EVANGELISTA
Mary Lambert’s 1989 film adaptation of “Pet Sematary” wasn’t just scary but also bleak. The director even worried producers that some of the material was too sad.
The story follows Dr. Louis Creed, who loses his son, Gage, and decides to bury him in a cursed burial ground that can revive the dead — but they return evil.
Before being buried in the cursed grounds, there’s an unpleasant scene during Gage’s funeral. A fight breaks out, and the boy’s tiny coffin is knocked over.
The funeral scene is where the producers drew the line. While speaking with EW, Lambert revealed, “[They felt] it was too sad, that it took away from the scariness.”
Luckily, Lambert had the book’s author and scriptwriter, Stephen King, help fight to keep the scene in the movie. He put his foot down when they tried to cut it from the film.
Lambert shared, “Stephen was very supportive at that point in time in terms of saying, no, that he thought those elements were important.”