Paramount+ has released the trailer for their upcoming Stephen King-inspired original film, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, which is based on an untold chapter of the King novel and serves as a prequel to the story of the Creed family.
Bloodlines is the directorial debut for Lindsey Anderson Beer from a script written by Beer and Jeff Buhler. The movie is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian in association with Paramount Pictures’ Players Label. Bloodlines will hold its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, the world’s largest genre and horror festival based in Austin, Texas.
The synopsis for the movie reads:
“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… “
Bloodlines stars Jackson White (Tell Me Lies), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (Mare of Easttown), Henry Thomas (The Fall of the House of Usher), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Gifted), and Isabella Star LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country), with Pam Grier (Cinnamon) and David Duchovny (The X-Files).
Watch the trailer below, and check out Pet Sematary: Bloodlines when it premieres on Paramount+ Friday, October 6 in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and Brazil, and on Saturday, October 7 in all other Paramount+ international markets.
