content: There are a lot of disturbing things about the film adaption of Stephen King's PET SEMATARY--and I don't mean "good horror disturbing." The worst is that Stephen King finally got the chance to adapt his own novel for the screen. And he butchers his story as bad as any other hack job that's ever been done. Maybe it looked good on paper (I'm referring to the script), but it's a wreck onscreen.What also really bothered me was how the filmmakers portrayed a woman's disabling disease as if she was just a horror film monster freak.The cast tries hard. And I disagree with the previous review--the "Star Trek chick" was far from distracting. I've never watched Star Trek so I thought she was good.PET SEMATARY is one of King's most effective and frigthening stories. Unfortunately, onscreen it never rises above being just a dumb gory slasher flick.