Scariest Stephen King Books, Ranked
The 15 Most Terrifying Stephen King Books, Ranked
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Pet Sematary is a quintessential King novel. This simple yet chilling story has spawned two film adaptations and remains a well-known horror staple. The plot revolves around Louis Creed and his family as they discover that the cemetery near their home has the eerie ability to reanimate the corpses that are buried there. When tragedy befalls the family and Louis tests the limits of the burial ground's power, he finds out the hard way that "sometimes dead is better." King's writing elevates an otherwise corny zombie premise with sobering depictions of what it's like to cope with loss.