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Title: Book: Scary to the max Movie: Major dissapointment
Review: The book is so frightening that I was literally shaking while reading it.This film adaptation is so bad and unworthy of the book it's not even funny. The scene (in the book) where Gage's father goes to the cemetary to dig up his son and take him to the Pet Sematary was bone chilling. And it was fairly drawn out in the novel. The movie barely even eluded to it.Nothing amazes me more than how poorly cast book adaptations are most times. Gage's father (in the book) impressed me as kind of nerdy, wimpish, and definitely not very good looking. (unlike the actor in the film) I was thinking maybe somebody who at least looked like Richard Dreyfuss.I however can't give the film 1 star because Fred Gwynne gives a credible performance and the films premise creates enough of an atmosphere to at least warrant consideration. But that's about it.Don't be misled by how bad the film is. Pick up the book and prepare to be scared out of your mind.
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