It’s baffling to think back to a time when the majority of Stephen King adaptations were TV movies produced by broadcast networks, since those are the places where new projects aren’t happening these days. Case in point: Paramount+ revealed new details and first looks for its upcoming prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, which is a straight-to-streaming sequel to Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s 2019 theatrical feature (which isn’t quite a retread of Mary Lambert’s 1989 film). And while the analytical side of my brain is highly skeptical any time a sequel like this comes to life (eep) without being based directly on King’s source material, I find it impossible not to root for any project that co-stars David Duchovny, Pam Grier and Henry Thomas.
The shot above of the mystical, animal-filled cemetery is one of the new looks at the Pet Sematary origin story, which puts to rest questions about its prequel nature that arose during production. Check out the poster below, which notes the film's streaming premiere date of October 6, and combines the signature grave circles with a cool-looking silhouette of all the grave markers. But like, is that a bear head on there? Are we supposed to believe that someone kept a bear as a pet, or is that more like an unfinished bear headpiece meant to represent the native population that lived there years prior?
