The warnings from the dead guy
What was the point? the father didn’t even put two and two together. He completely ignored dead guy and never referenced him to any of the shit that went down.
shareThat was one lazy-ass dead guy.
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I don't know... I always felt like that was such a weird add on to the story. It never jived with me in the original. Just felt out of place. I was kind of hoping they just discarded him in this version, honestly.
shareAgreed. It's such a random additional element that isn't even tied into the lore. It would have been better if he was a zombie that died crossing the road or was a voodoo priest battling the Wendigo (something along the lines of Child's Play 1). Personally I think Stephen King was changing things up from having an arbitrarily psychic supporting character and giving them a zombie-ghost advisor instead. If you haven't seen Leprechaun Returns I'd suggest it because it makes fun of this element.
shareThe point was that the father was so single minded that he threw rationality to the side and went ahead with bringing his daughter back and shit.
shareHe was so singleminded and desperate that he ignored common sense, Jud and even a ghost before burying his daughter in the Pet Sematary.
shareYou can tell they tried to keep a bunch of original novel material in the movie even if it didn't flow. I never read PS nor did I see the original movie but I have read a lot of King. Felt pretty typical of his style. Mystery ghost type guy there only to be ominous. Like the Red-Card-Man for example. Cool and loaded with possibility but ultimately a loose-ended tool of intrigue.
PS 6/10