Pet Sematary - Stephen King Reviews

Stephen King, born September 21st 1947 in Portland Maine, renound for his horror fiction, science fiction and other books. Bring us Pet Semetary a cleverly written horror novel, that has been a personal favourite of mine for many years. The story follows both Louis Creed and his wife Rachel along with his two children Gage and Ellie, ...  Read the complete review

So this is the book that Stephen King thinks is his scariest book. Review over. Ok, if that isn't enough to convince you I'll continue. This is a genuinely terrifying book. It is the kind of book that, although you know the main character is making all the wrong decisions, you also know that you would do the same thing in his ...  Read the complete review

I found this a good read but it doesn't really get going until the second half although it does keep you gripped. My only gripe was that I wanted to know what happens after the story ends. Although nothing is left unfinished it did feel like something needed to be said with regards to how the charcters carried on. I especially wanted ...  Read the complete review

Ok, so with this i watched the film version first, the only one of Stephen Kings that i did, and i was then hooked on his books and films. After moving from Chicago to Maine, the Creed family meet an old man who shows them the childrens local animal graveyard, this was the final resting place of the old man's dog ...  Read the complete review

Considering that, in recent years at least, Stephen King has become increasingly hit-and-miss in delivering his horror classics, the late eighties proved to be something of a purple-patch for the veteran American author. 1987?s The Eyes Of The Dragon signalled a fairly radical one-off change for ...  Read the complete review

If you are a regular reader of my opinions, by now you will know that my specialist subject (as they say on Mastermind) are books by Stephen King. I say books, rather than films, as some of the adaptations of his work lose so much in transfer onto the big screen. Pet Sematary is one such film. Luckily I had read the book first, then the ...  Read the complete review

Pet Sematary is a bit of a strange old book, and that's saying something for a Stephen King story. On one hand it's a good and scary basis for a spine-chilling tale, on the other you can tell what's coming from a mile off which nullifies the suspense aspect somewhat. However, without further ado, here is the basic plot, cut cruelly ...  Read the complete review

I got this book out from the library because I had never read a stephen king book before and I wanted to know if he was as good as my brother told me. Well...my opinion was...he is EXCELLENT. This is my favourite book in the whole entire world (that I have read so far!) and could read it over and over again. I am trying to find the book to buy now ...  Read the complete review

Everyone knows about this particular story, for those who don’t, here’s a short summary in short: Behind the new house of Lovis Creed and his family lies a sematary for pets, but beyond that is a lesser known and more feared sematary which was an ancient burial ground with magic of it’s own. Whilst his wife and children ...  Read the complete review

Of all the Steven King novels I read, "Pet Sematary" and "misery" are the ones I remember best, particularly the former. This novel is a great piece of fiction and still is. I think that anyone who enjoy's science fiction horror especially will enjoy this novel The plot is about the Creed family who move into ...  Read the complete review

This is vintage King, with the suspense slow, savored, and inexorable, with all the little familiar and ironic touches King is master of. Creed, for example, pays for his son's funeral with a MasterCard. Possibly the best thing about the book is that the ending is inevitable and known almost instinctively early in the book, but the ...  Read the complete review

Stephen King gets REALLY dark. I mean really really shockingly dark....Ive read most of King's books over the years and this is the one that stands out as a really, really nasty piece of work.....which is what horror writing is all about. Pet Semetary belongs in the King 'Golden Age' along with 'it' 'The TommyKnockers' ...  Read the complete review