Sometimes Dead is Better

    Pet Sematary is a scary story that will for sure keep you up at night. Written by Stephen King, it is not for the faint of heart. Pet Sematary follows the life of Louis Creech, a doctor who moves to Maine, and his family. However, in this horror story, Louis has to deal with a bit more than some simple doctoring. He gets to play god.

    

    As I said, Louis moves to Maine with his family, which consists of himself, his wife Rachael, his kids, Ellie and Gage, and his cat Church. Louis immediately notices that the road near their house is constantly being driven on by large trucks that go very fast. His new neighbor, Judd, comes over and helps the family get settled and also makes friends with them. A few days go by and Judd decides to take the family on a little trip into the woods near their house. He takes them to a place called the Pet Sematary, where children have buried their pets for generations. A key takeaway is the large deadfall of brush and wood blocking the rest of the way into the forest.

    Later, when Louis is at work, some students rush in with a dying friend that was hit by a truck. Louis is left alone with him, and to his surprise the boy speaks. The dying boy tells him that the soil of a man's heart is stonier, and calls him by name. Louis is shaken by the experience and tries to get it out of his mind. Later that night, Louis is woken by the same boy from earlier, who leads him to the Pet Sematary and tells him to never cross the deadfall. Louis believes it to just be a dream until he wakes up with dirt on his feet in the morning.

    Time flies by, and on Thanksgiving Day, the unthinkable happens. Church is hit by a truck. Judd finds him and calls Louis over, and after some thinking tells Louis to come with him, and to bring Church's body. Louis is so worried as what to tell Ellie that he complies and goes along with Judd. Judd takes them up to the Pet Sematary, where Louis expects to bury him, but Judd presses on, and goes over the deadfall. Louis hurries after him and finds himself in a darker area of the forest. Judd refuses to answer Louis's questions and instead brings him through swamps and dark areas until they reach the deeper end of the Pet Sematary, the Micmac Indian burial ground. Judd tells Louis to bury Church in the burial ground, and Louis does it. He is too tired to question what truly happened, but the next morning, when Louis finds Church alive, he starts to wonder.

    Pet Sematary is really, really scary. Trust me when I say you do not want to read this late at night. Also, the book is even scarier if you have not watched the movie yet. All scary things aside, I would recommend this book because it is well written, and I am definitely going to read some of Stephen King's other novels.