In the streaming era, the success of movies that go straight home can often feel like a shot in the dark from our standpoint. That is, except when movies perform especially well, like Pet Sematary: Bloodlines just did. It’s been exactly a month since the prequel to the 2019 Stephen King adaptation became available to see with a Paramount+ subscription, and as the streamer just announced, it broke a huge record during 2023’s spooky season.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines now holds the title of the most-watched original movie on Paramount+ ever in the span of its first 30 days, following its October 6 exclusive premiere. The horror movie even claimed the honor away from Teen Wolf: The Movie after just three weeks of release, per The Wrap. It’s too bad the movie has generally been getting the thumbs down from viewers.
