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When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed’s beautiful...
It was mentioned in relation to the story about a cat that came back to life after being buried, and it was compared to the book's theme of pets coming back from the dead.
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It just reminds me of church in a in pet cemetery.
— Episode: Listener Tales Episode 1
Episode: Listener Tales Episode 1
It was mentioned in relation to the story about a cat that came back to life after being buried, and it was compared to the book's theme of pets coming back from the dead.
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It just reminds me of church in a in pet cemetery.
Coming back is like except it sounds like Nugget came back nice. Was like chill.
Joe compared the creepiness of reading the book versus watching the movie, saying the book stays scarier in the imagination.
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Pet Sematary is a book. There's some things about books. I hate the cliche that books are better. Oh, the book's better. But what's interesting about books is there are certain things that you shouldn...
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Episode: #1190 - Joey Diaz
Joe compared the creepiness of reading the book versus watching the movie, saying the book stays scarier in the imagination.
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Pet Sematary is a book. There's some things about books. I hate the cliche that books are better. Oh, the book's better. But what's interesting about books is there are certain things that you shouldn't really see. You should only imagine.
It was mentioned as one of the most scarring movies to watch as a child, which the grandma made the listener watch to "prep" for possible encounters with Stephen King.
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My grandma even made me watch Pet Sematary and It to quote unquote prep me for our King encounters.
— Episode: MFM Minisode 332
Episode: MFM Minisode 332
It was mentioned as one of the most scarring movies to watch as a child, which the grandma made the listener watch to "prep" for possible encounters with Stephen King.
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My grandma even made me watch Pet Sematary and It to quote unquote prep me for our King encounters.
The novel was mentioned in the context of cloning concerns, with a comment that reading the book warns of a grim outcome.
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You don't want to bring these things back, dude. You don't even want to clone them. Trust me. I've seen that movie. I've read that book. Doesn't end well.
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Episode: Hour 2 – Best Football State, Albert Breer
The novel was mentioned in the context of cloning concerns, with a comment that reading the book warns of a grim outcome.
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You don't want to bring these things back, dude. You don't even want to clone them. Trust me. I've seen that movie. I've read that book. Doesn't end well.
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The hosts mentioned the novel while discussing cloning a pet, questioning whether a cloned dog would return unchanged or slightly altered like the story's creature Cujo. They used the book as a reference point for the eerie implications of pet cloning.
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Life imitates art. I've seen Pet Sematary. So when you clone your dog, does it come back the same dog or something a little off like Cujo?
The book was discussed in relation to the topic of death and the confronting reality of life's uncertainties; it was described as horrifying due to its exploration of mortality and the consequences of tampering with death.
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Sometimes dead is better.
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The book was discussed in relation to the topic of death and the confronting reality of life's uncertainties; it was described as horrifying due to its exploration of mortality and the consequences of tampering with death.
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Sometimes dead is better.
And there's a lot about death. And part of what makes that book so horrifying is that it's really just people being confronted with the reality of like the, the not guaranteedness of life.
Yeah. The son dies in that book.
Somebody, the neighbor's wife dies, the cat dies.
In the book, obviously it's about the question of, well, we know that if we bury someone in this, they will come back. Of course, they'll come back wrong. Right. But how bad do I miss this person? Even if they come back wrong, how much would just having them in my life be better than having them not at all?
The hosts repeatedly highlighted the book as Stephen King's own most terrifying work, noting its dark, nihilistic tone and the unsettling premise of a cursed burial ground that revives pets in a malevolent way. They urged listeners to both read and watch the adaptation, comparing its horror to modern films like Hereditary, and even used its description of "sour" soil as a metaphor in discussions about contaminated sites. Across the episodes, the book was presented as a chilling, must‑experience horror story.
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It was described by the author, Stephen King, as the book that terrified him the most. King himself will not read the book, but it was published after his publisher or wife convinced him to.
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And for any of you people out there that haven't watched the movie or read the book, do yourself a favor and do both.
The book is frightening.
I think it's one of the I believe the author Stephen King still to this day describes it as the book that terrified him the most.
He wrote the thing sausage and he himself, the author actual will not read the book.
I think the closest thing that I could compare it to in today's kind of cinema is hereditary.
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It was described as a very dark and sinister novel about a place in Maine where supposedly an Indian burial ground was on the other side of a child's cemetery for dead pets. When pets are buried on the other side, they come back bad.
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I'm a big I don't know fan is the right word pet cemetery.
I find to be one of the most nihilistic and upsetting pieces of fiction ever penned.
I think it was so effed up that sorry talking like Jojo Siwa over here that Stephen King kept it in a drawer for many years.
He says it's the novel that scared him the most.
And when you bury them on the other side the Micmac burial ground, I believe is what they call it the First Nations tribe that is depicted in the book and in the film.
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It was mentioned in the context of the contaminated soil at Hunter's Point, similar to the book where the ground is described as being 'sour'.
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In short, just like in Pet Sematary, as Stephen King wrote, the soil is sour.
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It was mentioned in relation to the contaminated soil at Hunter's Point, implying that the land was 'sour' and potentially harmful, similar to the book's themes.
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In short, just like in Pet Sematary, as Stephen King wrote, the soil is sour.
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It was mentioned in the context of sounds and whispers in an old house, and a Stephen King podcast was mentioned.
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Remember, have you read Pet Sematary, Ben?
And he says, you know, if you hear some of the sounds like whispers or laughter, it's just the loons.
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The book, Pet Sematary, was mentioned in the context of a discussion about sounds and potentially mystical experiences in an old house, referencing a passage where Judd Crandall explains sounds heard in the cemetery.
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Remember, have you read Pet Sematary, Ben?
if you hear some of the sounds like whispers or laughter, it's just the loons.
Episode: Is the US Navy Covering Up Radioactive Waste?
It was mentioned in passing, comparing the contaminated soil at Hunter's Point to the book, where the soil is said to be 'sour'.
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In short, just like in Pet Sematary, as Stephen King wrote, the soil is sour.
Episode: Is the US Navy Covering Up Radioactive Waste?
It was mentioned in relation to the contaminated soil at Hunters Point, suggesting that the land was 'sour' and potentially dangerous due to the radioactive waste.
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In short, just like in Pet Sematary, as Stephen King wrote, the soil is sour.
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It was mentioned in the context of a Stephen King podcast and a line from the book was read, relating to sounds heard in a spooky location.
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And he says, you know, if you hear some of the sounds like whispers or laughter, it's just the loons.
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Stephen King's book, Pet Sematary, was mentioned in the context of a discussion about sounds and potential hauntings. A quote from the book was used as an example in the conversation.
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if you hear some of the sounds like whispers or laughter, it's just the loons.
The podcast mentioned it in relation to a similar theme of parents losing their child and wanting to bring them back, referencing the book's plot where a child is buried and comes back, but not as their original self. The story is used to illustrate parallels with the Olivia Mabel case and the concept of tulpas.
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One of the first stories I ever read by Stephen King was Pet Cemetery. And in that story, this couple loses their little boy.
— Episode: Olivia Mabel - 185
Episode: Olivia Mabel - 185
The podcast mentioned it in relation to a similar theme of parents losing their child and wanting to bring them back, referencing the book's plot where a child is buried and comes back, but not as their original self. The story is used to illustrate parallels with the Olivia Mabel case and the concept of tulpas.
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One of the first stories I ever read by Stephen King was Pet Cemetery. And in that story, this couple loses their little boy.
You want your child to come back. And it's discovered that he can bury his son in a cemetery beyond the Pet Cemetery. And it's like old Indian culture. It's like old Indian burial ground or something like that. Fertile earth.
And the child comes back, only it's not quite their child. It looks like their child, but it's not really their child. And the same thing with the tulpa.
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