The recent spate of Stephen King adaptations is set to continue next year with the release of It: Chapter Two, In the Tall Grass, and a remake of the author’s bestseller Pet Sematary.
King himself was initially concerned that the 1983 book was too dark and bleak for publication, and screenwriter Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train) has revealed to Dread Central that he and directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch (Starry Eyes) are looking to make “one of the scariest Stephen King adaptations ever” by capturing the tone of King’s novel.
“Dennis and Kevin and I really connected around the idea of bringing the story back to the source material, to find a modern telling of the book that really spoke to some of the big scenes and big moments that Stephen King had originally written,” said Buhler. “As much as all of us are huge fans of the original film, there are moments that are larger than life and feel borderline campy. Our desire was to tell a really grounded, character driven and psychologically horrific version of Pet Sematary, which in my belief, is the scariest book that King ever wrote… If you love the book, you’ll love this movie… I think we’re on track to it make one of the scariest Stephen King adaptations ever! That’s our goal anyway.”
King himself was initially concerned that the 1983 book was too dark and bleak for publication, and screenwriter Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train) has revealed to Dread Central that he and directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch (Starry Eyes) are looking to make “one of the scariest Stephen King adaptations ever” by capturing the tone of King’s novel.
“Dennis and Kevin and I really connected around the idea of bringing the story back to the source material, to find a modern telling of the book that really spoke to some of the big scenes and big moments that Stephen King had originally written,” said Buhler. “As much as all of us are huge fans of the original film, there are moments that are larger than life and feel borderline campy. Our desire was to tell a really grounded, character driven and psychologically horrific version of Pet Sematary, which in my belief, is the scariest book that King ever wrote… If you love the book, you’ll love this movie… I think we’re on track to it make one of the scariest Stephen King adaptations ever! That’s our goal anyway.”
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