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The story was sorta misnamed, wasn't it?

posted 10 years ago by TexasBEAST
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I mean, the pet cemetery/"Sematary" doesn't really have anything to do with the drama. That plot of land is passive and inert.

It's the Micmac Indian cemetery which is the real villain, here, isn't it? And that was a long walk away, and completely independent from, the Pet Semetary.

It would be like taking The Stand, and calling it The Free Zone Committee. Or The Langoliers, and calling it Runway.

[–] RolandBachman 9 years ago

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[–] sage2112 9 years ago

Well, it's a level of indirection.

But the pet cemetery IS a very key player in the story. It's the innocent backdrop that represents the "Let it stop here. Don't go beyond this point no matter how much you want to or feel the need to!" element of the story - really the key element of the tale.