Pet Graveyard (2019) User Reviews

An abysmal movie...

[paul_haakonsen · 2/10 · 9 April 2019]

Okay, well with a title like "Pet Graveyard" I was expecting a mockbuster cashing in on the "Pet Semetary" movie. Maybe even from the always hilarious The Asylum. But no, that was not to be. Expectations averted.

Right, well I managed to endure just less than 1 hour of the ordeal that is known as "Pet Graveyard" before I gave up out of sheer and utter boredom and hopelessness. This movie was laughably poor in terms of proper storyline and entertainment value. It took director Rebecca Matthews about one hour to portray something on the screen and in the storyline that could and should have been done in less than 15 minutes. There was so much wasted time in this movie that you can feel yourself age while watching it.

And I have no idea what writer Suzy Spade was thinking when coming up with the script and storyline for "Pet Graveyard". Seriously, is there no second eyes on projects to prevent movies like this to ever see the light of day?

I am not even going to bother delving into the storyline in greater detail, because it is so non-existing that there is little I could blabber on about. Essentially, it is about people killing themselves, only to be revived three minutes later. But during their time in the world beyond, something sinister is lurking. Oooohh. Aaaah... Oh (insert your own appropriate word here)!

The acting in the movie was mediocre at best, but the actors and actresses were given nothing to work with in terms of script, characters and storyline, so no wonder they were fighting an uphill battle and losing in a most horrible massacre.

If you enjoy horror movies, then do yourself a favor and stay well clear of "Pet Graveyard", because it is not even one of those cheesy knock-offs that are so fundamentally bad that they actually are fun to watch. This was just questionable on every level. I suffered through almost 1 hour so you don't have to, and believe you me, you are not missing out on anything. And I have zero intention of returning to finish the movie.

Ripp-off from who?

[paultoddking2 · 3/10 · 6 April 2019]

Was this a rip-off from Pet Semetary, Flatliners or both? Yes! And what has happened to the art of the Brits making high-quality productions? At first I thought that The Asylum Production company made this, but no. If they did, it would be at least worth a look!

Pet Sematary + Flatliners!

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 2 April 2019]

Honestly, if all Pet Graveyard had going for it were its name and poster, I would love it in the same unconditional way that I love all animals. But this movie does something so audacious, even I'm kind of shocked. It isn't content to ripoff just Pet Sematary. No, it also decides to double up and absorb parts of Flatliners into its narrative. Bravo!

A group of friends decides to do an experiment where they all die for just long enough that they can see the dead. That means that in the universe of this film, neither the 1990 or 2017 versions of Flatliners exist. However, Death doesn't like them playing with the afterlife, so he dons his cape and brings along his red-eyed sphinx cat who is so adorable that I couldn't be frightened by him. I kept wishing he were watching the movie with me so I could pet and cuddle him.

Pet Graveyard is the directorial debut of Rebecca J. Matthews, who produced Mandy the Doll and several other direct to video efforts. The results aren't bad - there's a story here after all, but I was kind of hoping that the actual movie would be beyond crazy to live up to the riffing on past films and the impressive title.

I was expecting animals rising from the dead and killing clones of Julia Roberts in her dreams, but British people dealing with family issues. But hey - the box art and title more than did their job, right?

I liked the cat

[TheSchinppenSchnaff · 1/10 · 16 April 2019]

There is nothing worth noting. I am literally here to say that I liked the cat. 1 star for the cat. It was the best actor.

This isn't an Asylum production?! Are we sure?

[freqeteq · 1/10 · 1 August 2019]

So you've written a bad script and you know a bunch of wannabe actors who aren't good at acting but they'll work for free plus one of them has a car you can use to transport your gear in and a sister you want to get to know a bit better, so you make a film and it's bad, so very very bad, the type of film that makes celebrity hidden sex tapes look like they were something filmed by Martin Scorsese, but you've learned a few things in your years working the graveyard shift on the drive through at Big Bills Burgers & Ribs, and one of those things is how to sell terrible products, so you call your film Pet Graveyard in the hope that people will mistake it for the new Pet Sematary because you know that that's the only way that you will get anyone to watch or buy your terrible film, I mean how hard can it be it's been working for The Asylum productions for years, and you've got to do something to get your $80 production costs back on this film because rent is due on Tuesday and your Mom/landlord is not a patient person.

Well it probably tricked some people, not me though, I torrented it because that's what films like this deserve. And after downloading my free copy of the film and suffering through its 90 minute runtime I then decided to do something to give back to society. First I burned the movie to disk and put it in a DVD case using a cover that my daughter specially designed for it that was covered in emojis of what looked like little brown blobs of icecream? It might have been something else I'll have to ask her, anyway, I then I went deep into the forest with just the movie and a shovel and dug the deepest darkest hole you could imagine, then I threw that dvd case and movie into the hole with all the satisfaction of a man who has just thrown a burnt dvd copy of a terrible movie he'd torrented into a hole he'd just dug, and proceeded to fill the hole in with a mixture of dirt and due to a weak bladder about a liter of bodily fluids, and I'm happy to report to you here and now that after 3 weeks and 7 hours 34 minutes the movie has not risen from its grave to haunt me or anyone else.

Worth 10 stars but I only gave it one star because I'm a contrary non conformist.

Watch your lawn grow instead

[Hezakiah4 · 1/10 · 4 April 2019]

When trying to make a quasi-ripoff of a good movie's basic idea,at least put out some effort.

Bonefide Poop...NO SPOILERS I PROMISE

[andrewfowler-37028 · 1/10 · 4 April 2019]

I dont like being cruel......but.......Get an egg timer....a cat and some non credible acting and let's make a film....don't forget....don't even add humour to make up for it....result.....you've manage to waste both my time and possibly yours....unless you managed to con people with false advertising. ...I hope people agree I'm not being mean....it's ridiculously insulting on so many levels that I forget which level of rubbishness I'm actually on.

Completely flatlines and worth burying

[TheLittleSongbird · 1/10 · 30 May 2019]

The name The Asylum is enough to fill anybody with dread, the odd surprisingly watchable one aside much of their films are mediocre at best and most are dreadful to an intelligence insulting degree. A vast majority of their output is cheap looking, badly written and acted and basically looks like little effort was put into the film in question. When they rip off films too (a vast majority of them good or more ones), which is the case often, they strip away everything that made those films in question work and produces something the completely opposite in quality.

Capitalising upon the release of 'Pet Semetary' with a concept that borrows a lot from 'Flatliners', 'Pet Graveyard' is not one of The Asylum's worst (of which there is a large group of) and is not even the worst film of theirs released this year. Every flaw that is seen in much of their output is here though and as a film in its own right it has next to nothing to recommend it. Anybody expecting to be scared or intrigued are best looking elsewhere, as both are nowhere in sight in 'Pet Graveyard'. The recent 'Pet Semetary', which has yet to be seen but do want to see it having fond memories of the older version (that needs a re-watch though), has to be really terrible to be as bad or worse than this.

Visually, 'Pet Graveyard' is poorly made. Drably and less than stylishly shot, less than tightly edited and too drearily lit, with effects that look like they were made as an afterthought and with next to no money left. The music when it appears has no atmosphere and always used inappropriately. The inexperience does show in the direction but hopefully that will improve over-time with the right budget and resources.

What particularly sinks 'Pet Graveyard' is the script and especially the story. The script is as flat as a soggy pancake, has no natural flow and is quite cheesy. The pace is dull throughout, with a story that has far too little going on or at least takes too long to get going. What should have been intriguing with the experiments instead bores and perplexes as well as looking distractingly cheap. There is nothing scary or suspenseful, and when there are any attempts the execution is too obvious and occasionally camp.

Found nothing interesting or investable about the dull or irritating characters with vague motivations. The acting is very poor at best, not being able to do anything with the poorly written characters and having practically nothing to work with.

Have to agree that the least bad thing about 'Pet Graveyard' is the cat, but sadly not enough to save the film.

The cat aside, a waste of time. 1/10

The Ripoff No One Wanted

[masshysteria-09349 · 5/10 · 26 September 2019]

The writing is bad, the plot is bad, the acting is bad, but y'know what? I went in knowing it would be because of the clickbait title, and here I am, still alive. It wasn't that bad considering low budget horror movies.

My Review Of "Pet Graveyard"

[ASouthernHorrorFan · 5/10 · 4 May 2019]

The obviously cheap ploy, with the title, aside, the film plays with very familiar horror tropes decently. The supernatural, reaching the spirit world, and the eternal longing for an understanding of of death. All these, only in a twisted nightmarescape where delving into the darkness can be deadly.

The acting faulters throughout the film, character development is only slightly developed to a level that only supports scene staging and we never really get to connect emotionally. Most of that seems to stem more from a lack of character committment than story. Still there is enough present to tell a complete story, The things lacking cause a lack of energy, suspense and elevated level of horror desperately needed.

"Pet Graveyard" does implore practical elements, which are always a plus and something I really enjoy. There isn't much of a musical score to to amplify the feel and thrill of the movie, overall. It kicks in during the kill shots but often it feels clunky and does little to accentuate the moment. Overall, the film never reaches it's potential, and there is a lot of that present in"Pet Graveyard". Check it out but don't expect too much.

A great movie for those who like a lot of action, because it is from start to finish

[Baifrank · 6/10 · 31 October 2022]

Very good film indeed. High image quality, good sound and the plot is run from the very good movie. Adrenaline from start to finish.

A movie with a lot of action already in the beginning and then, not for more, put it with a hint of supernatural, which makes the film get a little scary. For those who do not like heavy, explicit terror, he is welcome, because the events are not blatantly heavy, it is more you even trying to imagine what is happening that will make you have such a scare.

A wonderful film, without great inventions or amendments, all very well explained, you will not end up confused

I highly recommend giving an assist to make sure i'm not right about my statements.

Flatliners

[nogodnomasters · 3/10 · 14 April 2019]

The film has nothing to do with a pet graveyard. The ugly Sphynx cat is the companion of the Grim Reaper. Three people decide to try "brinking" another name for flatlining, in order to see deceased loved ones. When they come back, the Reaper comes for them just like it did to people in the opening scene.

There is a whole series of films of people who cheated death and then death comes for them. This film inappropriately used a mockbuster title to create viewers. Characters were not great. Dialogue lacked.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. Rita Siddiqui- shower tease.

Cat

[sophierules · 1/10 · 6 October 2019]

The cat had many wrinkles which brought me the only bit of enjoyment I got out of this movie.

VIEWS ON FILM review of Pet Graveyard

[burlesonjesse5 · 5/10 · 19 April 2019]

"After three minutes, wake us up". Uh yeah, after 100 minutes of the flick I'm about to review, I was awake but turned off the DVD player and moved along quickly.

Anyway, four people who have lost loved ones, decide to kill themselves. They want to visit said loved ones and then somehow return from the dead. Too bad you can't cheat eternal rest because the cheaply concocted Grim Reaper is hastily waiting for them. That's the blueprint for 2019's Pet Graveyard, my latest write-up. In all sincerity, "Graveyard" feels like one of the best student films ever made. Sadly, that's just not a compliment.

Directed by a rookie (Rebecca Matthews) and having very little to do with graveyards, Stephen King, or pets (there is that one skinless cat with glowing red eyes), Pet Graveyard's title and poster image sort of rips off Pet Sematary. Yup, you have to wonder if there was some kind of mini lawsuit involved.

Organically, "Graveyard" is a low budget endeavor in the vein of those late, Amityville Horror movies and Saturday the 14th. It's also the type of far-fetched, trepidation fare where the filmmakers suspend disbelief and overall logic (you need more than just a bogus oxygen mask and a pep talk to revive a lifeless twenty-something). Director Matthews doesn't come off as the spokesperson for novelty here. Viewing "Graveyard", it looks as though she saw any Final Destination or 1990's Flatliners one too many times.

Bottom line: Pet Graveyard is decently plotted, has Evil Dead-style voices (I kind of like that), some unique opening title cards, and acting that could have been worse (considering the blase blase script by Suzy Spade). But with minimal jump scares, minimal locations or set pieces, and a musical score that basically consists of one chord ("ominous" came up in the subtitles), Pet Graveyard needs to be "buried" in the abundant, direct-to-video "world". Rating: 2 stars.

1 star because a half star is not possible...

[viruslove-02163 · 1/10 · 7 August 2019]

Tiberius Film ... and some other MovieMaker made emblems make me think there are valuable producers behind this movie... AND then I expected that the 'Terminator' will appear at backyard illuminated by the flickering lights, but a car did, and after the first dialogue I stopped watching, wrote this review and deleted the Torrent download from my drive. God bless the people paid one £ to watch that nonsense in a cinema theater!I hope for them they got their money back from the cashier!

Nearly unworth for a review, just for warning other people to waste their time watching that s***!

The accents were terrible

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 1/10 · 28 June 2020]

The wildly fluctuating "American" accents in this movie were so hilarious, in one scene the woman is shouting in a clearly British accent and then in the next she's doing a phony sounding yank impression, and in some scenes I swear I could detect a hint of Swedish in there too! Horrible, they're standing there talking but they sound like stilted robot people delivering their lines, spouting a lot of dead air, completely awkward and unpleasant to watch from frame one! This one is painful, don't watch it, it will kill off your brain cells. Dirty movies have better plot lines.

At a about an hour and 12 minutes in calabria can be heard

[jimmyallan-71361 · 1/10 · 23 April 2019]

So the scariest aspect of this movie is its title which doesnt have anything to do with the movie. The main white guy has THE PATCHIEST BEARD I HAVE EVER SEEEENNNN The arcade scene where the dude is chillin with his weird circular spirit device plays calabria the club song for a brief second. This movie blows.

Not even an ugly cat can save this film.

[LaynaJ · 1/10 · 6 July 2020]

So somebody was making a film that rips off Flatliners and their mate says "hey I have a creepy looking cat". So filmmaker says "great I'll write it into the film and we can stick it on the poster so will people will mistakenly buy it thinking it's Pet Semetary". Can't comment on much more as I zoned out several times while watching then got up to put the washing on the line.

Nope

[elddibyhtomit · 1/10 · 1 August 2019]

I like all kinds of horror movies. Not even 10 seconds into the preview the chick says you can lose conscienceness which clearly is wrong in every way. That was enough for me.

Pet graveyard...ok

[Tina_jeppesen · 5/10 · 28 April 2019]

Not super boring but my biggest complaint was the *grim reaper* looked like a Halloween mask. Not even a scary one. And the skull lmao was obviously plastic. Come on if they could afford a cat that costs 1,000s to be n the movie (with no relation to a pet graveyard whatsoever btw....) can't the prop n make up department do a littttle better I know it looks like a low budget movie but idk...