Pet Sematary (1989 film)
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Pet Sematary (1989 film) is a 1989 horror movie based on Stephen King’s novel, following a family who discovers a burial ground with the terrifying power to resurrect the dead.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pet Sematary (1989 film) canonical | 5 |
| Pet Sematary | 2 |
| Pet Sematary (1983) | 1 |
| Pet Sematary (1989 film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel) | 1 |
| film Pet Sematary (1989) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8918826 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pet Sematary (1989 film) Context triple: [Louis Creed, appearsInFilmAdaptation, Pet Sematary (1989 film)]
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a horror novel by Stephen King about a burial ground with the power to resurrect the dead, leading to terrifying consequences for a grieving family.
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Pet Sematary II
Pet Sematary II is a 1992 American horror film and sequel to the adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, following a boy and his veterinarian father who encounter sinister forces after moving to a town with a cursed burial ground.
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Pet Sematary (2019 film)
Pet Sematary (2019 film) is a supernatural horror movie based on Stephen King’s novel, following a family whose new rural home hides a burial ground with terrifying powers.
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Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard)
Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) is the eerie burial ground for children’s pets in Stephen King’s horror novel, where interring animals (and more) leads to their sinister resurrection.
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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023 film)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023 film) is a supernatural horror prequel to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary that explores the dark origins of Ludlow, Maine and the cursed burial ground that resurrects the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pet Sematary (1989 film) Target entity description: Pet Sematary (1989 film) is a 1989 horror movie based on Stephen King’s novel, following a family who discovers a burial ground with the terrifying power to resurrect the dead.
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A.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a horror novel by Stephen King about a burial ground with the power to resurrect the dead, leading to terrifying consequences for a grieving family.
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B.
Pet Sematary II
Pet Sematary II is a 1992 American horror film and sequel to the adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, following a boy and his veterinarian father who encounter sinister forces after moving to a town with a cursed burial ground.
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C.
Pet Sematary (2019 film)
Pet Sematary (2019 film) is a supernatural horror movie based on Stephen King’s novel, following a family whose new rural home hides a burial ground with terrifying powers.
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D.
Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard)
Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) is the eerie burial ground for children’s pets in Stephen King’s horror novel, where interring animals (and more) leads to their sinister resurrection.
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E.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023 film)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023 film) is a supernatural horror prequel to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary that explores the dark origins of Ludlow, Maine and the cursed burial ground that resurrects the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalWork | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Pet Sematary (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Mary Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Daniel P. Hanley
NERFINISHED
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Mike Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Church the cat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Bangor, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellsworth, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pet Sematary Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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horror ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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grief ⓘ resurrection ⓘ the consequences of tampering with nature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ellie Creed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gage Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ Jud Crandall NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elliot Goldenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a cursed burial ground with the power to resurrect the dead ⓘ |
| notableSong | Pet Sematary by Ramones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Pet Sematary film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A family discovers a burial ground that can resurrect the dead, leading to tragic consequences. ⓘ |
| producer | Richard P. Rubinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Laurel Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1989-04-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Blaze Berdahl
NERFINISHED
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Dale Midkiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Denise Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Gwynne NERFINISHED ⓘ Miko Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pet Sematary (1989 film) Description of subject: Pet Sematary (1989 film) is a 1989 horror movie based on Stephen King’s novel, following a family who discovers a burial ground with the terrifying power to resurrect the dead.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pet Sematary (1983)
this entity surface form:
Pet Sematary
this entity surface form:
film Pet Sematary (1989)
this entity surface form:
Pet Sematary
this entity surface form:
Pet Sematary (1989 film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel)