De nieuwe verfilming van Stephen Kings horrorroman Pet Sematary is in wereldpremière gegaan op het South by Southwest-festival in de Verenigde Staten en de eerste reacties van de pers zijn inmiddels binnen.

Bij Bloody Disgusting wordt over een shockerende, huiveringwekkende, dodelijk enge en grappige horrorprent gesproken.

/Film beschrijft Pet Sematary als verfrissend, opwindend, huiveringwekkend en één van de beste Stephen King-verfilmingen aller tijden.

Zowel The Wrap als Collider vinden dat de film stof tot nadenken biedt en lang blijft nazinderen.

The Hollywood Reporter noemt het een degelijke maar geen baanbrekende horrorprent en prijst het acteerwerk.

Volgens IndieWire is het een bloedstollende film vol donkere humor, maar maken regisseurs Kevin Kolsch en Denis Widmyer hun ambities niet helemaal waar.

Variety vindt dat Pet Sematary voldoende schrikmomenten bevat, maar op vlak van de personages tekortschiet.

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#PetSematary has the kind of serious balls any good adaptation should have. The themes and encroaching dread of King’s novel are alive and well, but there are enough clever deviations to give diehard fans some welcome surprises. Big ups all around, but Seimetz is a legend. #SXSW

— Haleigh Foutch (@HaleighFoutch) March 17, 2019

#PetSematary delivers a solid sense of dread from start to finish. It earns its well-timed jump scares, and terrific sound design and gnarly effects add extra layers of creepy. I think King fans will dig it.
Move over Goose, it’s Church’s turn.#sxsw pic.twitter.com/jqkuLKOfWq

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 17, 2019

Lots (and lots) of thoughts on the new #PetSematary to come, but for now, what I will say is this: holy hell do I respect how bananas it gets in the third act. Absolutely not what I was expecting AT ALL.

— Heatherface Wixson (@thehorrorchick) March 17, 2019

#PetSematary is a hoot and a half! Super dark, twisted, gory, and surprisingly funny! More of a dark comedy than the original movie, and it all works once the fucked up third act kicks in. The cast is fantastic. Jeté Laurence is a revelation! What a way to end #SXSW

— Rafael Motamayor (@RafaelMotamayor) March 17, 2019

THEY DID IT. #PetSematary is a truly disturbing reimagining of @StephenKing’s most terrifying novel. THAT change makes so much sense now. #sxsw pic.twitter.com/lvCNuzoRAJ

— Bad Feeling Mag (@badfeelingmag) March 17, 2019

#PetSematary is *vicious* and I LOVED it. Super brutal visuals and was thrilled to see Widmyer & Kölsch fully embrace the deeply unsettling themes of mortality from the book. And WOW Jeté Laurence. They really pushed it with this adaptation & it worked for me – big time. 😺 #sxsw

— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) March 17, 2019

It’s the Year of the Cat, y’all. #PetSematary #CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/0v605stKjV

— Heatherface Wixson (@thehorrorchick) March 17, 2019

Bron: EW