‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Pays Homage to Stephen King Classic With Starry Prequel

Sometimes, dead is better. That’s the lesson in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, an origin tale about the ominous graveyard in Stephen King’s novel, which resurrects anything buried in it.

Set in 1969, the film stars Jackson White as young Jud Crandall (played in the 1989 flick by Fred Gwynne), who discovers his family’s role in an age-old curse. Bloodlines is full of frights, famous faces (David Duchovny, Henry Thomas, and Pam Grier costar) and King staples such as…