Oct 16, 2022
Do you wanna be buried in a PET SEMATARY? Well, it’s time to relive the movie again, as we cover it for this week’s episode.
Off the bat Raquel and Raphael have Ramones talk. Raquel philosophizes on Joey Ramone’s lyrics, and Raphael goes on about one of his favorite bands. Here’s a movie that seems like a bad execution of a good story. The acting is goofy, the accents are awful, yet somehow the whole thing is incredibly endearing and entertaining.
Raquel is interested in seeing how a female director like Mary Lambert would have a different take on the horror genre, specifically on Stephen King. Raphael loves how this movie doesn’t ask the well worn “how far would you go to protect your family” but instead, “what would you do after you’ve failed to do that?” Would this movie been better if George A. Romero had directed as originally planned? Would PET SEMATARY be an A24 movie if it were to be produced for the first time now? All these questions, plus Raquel shares her personal “pet sematary” moment of guilt of being a parent to a kid (read: Raphael) who got injured.
Raquel shares her personal “pet sematary” moment of guilt of being a parent to a kid (read: Raphael) who got injured.
The Generation Splice is a film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a baby boomer through & through, & her son, Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky millennial film writer & programmer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences.
Every other week one host picks a movie to dissect & see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of film.
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Raphael is on Twitter and Letterboxd at @citycelluloid & you can find their film writing at cinefile.info & film-cred.com