Why is it Pet Sematary but not Pet Cemetery?
My question is about Stephen King's Pet Sematary (1989). Why is cemetery misspelled as sematary in the title? Is there a special reason which may be explained in the novel or in the movie?
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Pet Sematary is based on the novel of the same name. The name is described by the elderly neighbor, Jud. He explains that it was created by the children of the neighborhood to bury their dead animals killed on the heavily travelled road. The children had misspelled the name when it was created.
Quoting the Stephen King novel:
...It narrowed, and then, just ahead, Louis saw Ellie and Jud go under an arch made of weatherstained boards. Written on these in faded black paint, only just legible, were the words PET SEMATARY.
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What is the meaning of Pet Sematary?
A well-tended path leads to a pet cemetery (misspelled "sematary" on the sign) where the children of the town bury their deceased animals.Where did Stephen King get the idea for Pet Sematary?
One day, his daughter's cat, Smuckey, was killed by a passing truck. Stephen was faced with the task of burying the cat in the pet cemetery and then explaining to his daughter what had happened. \u201cIt was on the third day after the burial that the idea for a novel came to him.Is the burial ground in Pet Sematary real?
That cemetery is 100% real, it's known as Mount Hope cemetery, and is located on State Street in Bangor. As far as we know, there is no headstone for the fictional Gage Creed located there.What is the name of the cemetery in Pet Sematary?
BANGOR, Maine \u2014 In the city where "Pet Sematary" author Stephen King resided for many years, a cemetery here is allowing humans and their pets to be buried together. Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor also happens to be featured in several scenes of the movie adaptation of the horror novel.Everything Wrong With Pet Sematary (1989)
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I remember it as the sign placed by the children of that town. They misspelled it while putting it up.
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