Pet Sematary (2019)

Summary

Pet Sematary (Kolsch and Widmyer 2019) SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE! Pet Sematary Hereditary (Aster 2018) TOPIC INDEX – Pet Sematary  (times are approximate)  TOPIC INDEX (times are approximate) 0:00 – Introducing the film 2:40 – Spoilers 3:34 – Discussion begins 6:08 – Compared to Pet Sematary (1989 Lambert) 9:46 – Lambert’s film as critique of the idealized notion of the “traditional” nuclear family 12:26 – Critiques begin with character development 15:12 – Additional critiques starting wtih opening scene 19:06 – It gets more interesting for Laura, sort of 21:06 – Look and sound 22:30 – More on the opening scene 26:19 – Hereditary spoiler 28:47 – Missed opportunities 36:30 – Laura reads the film as a critique of religion 37:00 – Stephen King on religion 40:00 – Character continuum as symbols of religiosity 45:35 – The Wendigo 48:40 – Most ridiculous moments 49:50 – Laura ties it back together 54:28 – More missed opportunities 1:01:30 – Laura and Marshall talk personal experiences with death, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s 1:11:30 – Character names 1:16:15 – Editing 1:17:57 – Structure vs agency Edited and processed with Audacity. Free, cross-platform, open source, and awesome. https://www.audacityteam.org/ We would very much appreciate any contributions to our Patreon to help offset the cost of producing the podcast. Thanks! https://www.patreon.com/collectivenightmares You can also support our podcast via paypal.me/collectivenightmares As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts. • www.collectivenightmares.com • IG: @collectivenightmares • T: @collectnight • Marshall@collectivenightmares.com • Laura@collectivenightmares.com “Horror films are our collective nightmares.” Episode 36