Here's why "The ground is sour" in both adaptations of Pet Sematary. Stephen King broke through with his novel Carrie, which was soon adapted into an acclaimed horror movie. It was a great time to be a fan of the author in the 1980s, as most of his work was adapted for the big screen. While King himself hated it, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is considered one of the best horror movies ever made, while John Carpenter's Christine or David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone was also well received. Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary arrived in 1989 and adapted one of King's darkest pieces.

Pet Sematary - for which King had a macabre inspiration - is set in the small town of Ludlow and sees a grief-stricken doctor dig up the body of his toddler son and bury him in an old Native American burial ground. Whoever is buried...