Omdat Louis Creed een baan heeft aanvaard als arts in een kleine stad in Maine, verhuist het hele gezin van Chicago naar hun nieuwe adres. Ze voelen zich onmiddellijk thuis in hun nieuwe, prachtige woning, maar het huis is wel gelegen aan een gevaarlijke snelweg. Talloze honden en katten werden al door vrachtwagens aangereden, en vonden daardoor de dood. Er is dan ook een echt dierenkerkhof, waar de kinderen uit de buurt al generaties lang hun trouwe viervoeters begraven. Op een dag wordt ook Church, de poes van Ellie Crandall, door een vrachtwagen gegrepen. Samen met buurman Jud gaat Louis het onfortuinlijke dier begraven op een plekje achteraan het kerkhof. De verbazing van Louis is groot, wanneer enkele uren later Church weer aan de deur staat. De poes is springlevend.
Nee, helaas is Pet Sematary nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Peter Stein | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mike Hill | Editor |
| Production | Richard P. Rubinstein | Producer |
| Sound | Elliot Goldenthal | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tim Zinnemann | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Mary Lambert | Director |
| Writing | Stephen King | Screenplay |
| Editing | Daniel P. Hanley | Editor |
| Camera | Rusty Geller | Steadicam Operator |
| Art | Patricia Klawonn | Set Designer |
| Editing | Tom Finan | Additional Editing |
| Art | Dins W. W. Danielsen | Art Direction |
| Camera | Herb Ault | First Company Grip |
| Art | Ron Woods | Assistant Property Master |
| Editing | Barry Dresner | Additional Editing |
| Directing | Suzanne Haasis | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Abigayle Tarsches | Still Photographer |
| Art | Mark Zuelzke | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Phillip Christon | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Ellen Freund | Property Master |
| Crew | Robert J. Elisberg | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Horton Jr. | Foley Editor |
| Directing | Jesse Long | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lindsay Chag | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Dawn Steinberg | Casting Associate |
| Editing | Karen Kory | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ken Dufva | Foley Artist |
| Crew | A. Welch Lambeth | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Clifford M. Hirsch | Studio Teacher |
| Sound | Bruce Richardson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jane Lang | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jessica Gallavan | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joel Iwataki | Scoring Mixer |
| Directing | Joan Cunningham | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Charles Martin Inouye | Supervising Music Editor |
| Art | Steve A. Hagberg | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Blake R. Cornett | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Beth Bergeron | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Greg Curda | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Larry Mann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Lee Fein | Foley Artist |
| Production | David Blake Hartley | Location Manager |
| Sound | Gordon Davidson | Sound Editor |
| Production | Sue Swan | Casting Associate |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ileane Meltzer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hiram Ortiz | Hair Designer |
| Production | Pamela Basker | Casting |
| Crew | Neil Hyman | Transportation Captain |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hiram Ortiz | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Fern Champion | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marlene Stewart | Costume Design |
| Art | Michael Z. Hanan | Production Design |
| Editing | Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Sound | Mark Ulano | Production Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Stephen King | Novel |
| Production | Ralph S. Singleton | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mitchell Galin | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Donna Garrett | Stunts |
| Crew | John Robotham | Stunts |
| Crew | Laura Dash | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Herron | Stunts |
| Sound | Hamilton Sterling | Sound Editor |
