We first reported back in 2021 that Paramount+ would be taking us back to the cursed burial ground where Gage and Church came back to life. The first look at their original horror prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines has just been unleashed, and an October premiere date has been announced.
The film stars Jackson White (Tell Me Lies, Mrs. Fletcher), Forrest Goodluck (Lawmen Bass Reeves, The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (The Boys in the Boat, Mare of Easttown), Henry Thomas (The Fall of the House of Usher, Gangs of New York), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs, The Gifted) and Isabella Star LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country, Long Slow Exhale), with Pam Grier (Cinnamon, Jackie Brown) and David Duchovny (The X-Files and Californication).
A spine-chilling prequel, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is set in 1969, “a young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding and, once unearthed, has the power to destroy everything in its path. Based on the untold chapter from Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s chilling novel, Bloodlines is a terrifying prequel and the untold story of why sometimes dead is better…
Directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer and Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian in association with Paramount Pictures’ Players Label, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ on Friday, October 6, 2023.