US horror remake in which a family discover a mysterious burial ground in the woods near their new home.
Led by some fine performances, this is an impressive and intense example of how to adapt Stephen King.
Previously filmed in 1989, this creepy tale of a family who discover that buried pets in their backyard won’t stay dead is an impressively nasty scare story.
A missed opportunity.
A decent, if inessential, take on one of Stephen King’s best novels. Sometimes original is better.
Second screen outing for the Stephen King story that's an effective and old-fashioned chiller.
The big twist is effectively staged, but it doesn’t lead the film in any interesting new directions and nor is the shock ending sufficiently foregrounded to give it the gut-punching power it should have.
Captures Stephen King’s spirit, but fails in its ending.
This second attempt at a big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s dark tale of a family pet rising from the dead mixes things up to chilling effect.
Stephen King’s macabre novel is readapted for a new generation, but as the film reveals, sometimes it's better to leave things buried.
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