Pet Sematary: Bloodlines prequel film gets an October release date on Paramount+, first images unveiled

Almost two years have gone by since we’ve heard anything about writer/director Lindsey Beer’s Pet Sematary prequel, which was made specifically for the Paramount+ streaming service. Now, Deadline has finally shared an update about the project, and it’s a very positive one: the film has been given the title Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, and it’s been given a release date! It will start streaming on Paramount+ on October 6th… so a lot of horror fans are going to be watching this one as part of their Halloween season celebrations.

Said to be “based on an untold chapter penned by Stephen King“, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines centers on a young Jud Crandall in 1969, who has dreams of leaving his hometown behind but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to the town. 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.

The film stars Jackson White (Tell Me Lies), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (Mare of Easttown), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs), Isabella Star LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country), Samantha Mathis (The Thing Called Love), Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), and David Duchovny (The X-Files).

Beer wrote the screenplay with Jeff Buhler, who was also a writer on the 2019 version of Pet Sematary. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines was produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian.

Jud Crandall was an elderly man played by Fred Gwynne in the 1989 version of Pet Sematary (watch it HERE) and by John Lithgow in the 2019 movie (watch that one HERE).

Are you interested in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, and are you glad to hear that it finally has a release date? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The title is more generic than I would have liked (in a world where we already have Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines, Tremors 5: Bloodlines, Day of the Dead: Bloodline, Hellraiser: Bloodline, and others) but I’m hoping Pet Sematary: Bloodlines has turned out to be a good movie… and a very creepy one. We’ll find out soon.

Here are some images and promotional art: