PARAMOUNT+ REVEALS FIRST LOOK AND OCTOBER 6 PREMIERE DATE FOR ORIGINAL HORROR FILM "PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES"

Based on the Terrifying and Untold Chapter From Stephen King's Chilling Novel Pet Sematary, the Film Stars Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Henry Thomas, Natalie Alyn Lind and Isabella Star LaBlanc, with Pam Grier and David Duchovny

Directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer and Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian in association with Paramount Pictures' Players Label, PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES Will Premiere Exclusively on Paramount+ on Friday, October 6

July 18, 2023 - Paramount+ today announced the official title and premiere date and released first-look images for its upcoming original film PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES, based on the terrifying and untold chapter from Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary. A spine-chilling prequel, PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES will premiere Friday, October 6, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Brazil, and Saturday, October 7 in all other Paramount+ international markets. The highly anticipated film will be featured in the Paramount+ Peak Screaming collection that curates fan favorite horror movies and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.

PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES stars Jackson White (Tell Me Lies, Mrs. Fletcher) Forrest Goodluck (LAWMEN: BASS REEVES, The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (The Boys in the Boat, Mare of Easttown), Henry Thomas (The Fall of the House of Usher, Gangs of New York), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs, The Gifted) and Isabella Star LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country, Long Slow Exhale), with Pam Grier (Cinnamon, Jackie Brown) and David Duchovny (Bucky F*cking Dent and Californication).

In 1969, a young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding, and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path. Based on the untold chapter from Pet Sematary, Stephen King's chilling novel, PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES is a terrifying prequel and the untold story of why sometimes dead is better...

PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES, a Paramount+ original movie in association with Paramount Pictures' Players Label, is a Di Bonaventura Pictures Production and based on the novel Pet Sematary by Stephen King. The film is directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer, in her directorial debut, with a script written by Beer and Jeff Buhler, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Mark Vahradian .

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