The trailer for “Pet Sematary III” (2025), starring Patrick Wilson, delivers a chilling continuation of the beloved horror franchise—with deep family trauma, disturbing supernatural echoes, and heart-wrenching tragedy. Here’s a detailed 350‑word breakdown with full spoilers:
The film opens with the sound of an old lullaby overlaid on unsettling visuals: dead flowers in zoomed-in focus, buried toys, and swallowing shadows. Patrick Wilson portrays Ed Warren, now a grieving father, reluctantly drawn back into the cursed world of the Pet Sematary after suffering a terrible loss. We quickly understand the horror is personal: the death of his young child sets off the unraveling of this nightmarish tale.
The Warren family returns to Ludlow, Maine, where the woods loom ominously, and familiar landmarks evoke dread. Jud Crandall’s legacy haunts them anew. A scene shows Ed standing beside a newly dug grave, clutching a tattered teddy bear. His wife, Lorraine, played by Vera Farmiga, pleads desperately: “It doesn’t end with us!” This line signals a key twist—the evil is stronger than before and threatens to engulf more than just one family.
In haunting flashbacks, we see the child’s body being tenderly laid to rest, followed by wide-eyed Lucas emerging from the burial ground at night. His eyes are glazed, his movements too precise—an eerie echo of earlier Pet Sematary resurrections. The revived child whispers, “Daddy…” in a voice that freezes Ed’s heart.
As supernatural occurrences intensify, Ed attempts to contain the malevolent force. Yet there’s breaking tension: Lorraine discovers cryptic runes scratched into their kitchen wall, while blood appears under floorboards. In a gut-wrenching final sequence, Ed digs desperately in the moonlit forest. Branches snap. A figure claws its way upward. His child rises—alive—but wrong. Stiff, disjointed, with a decaying expression. Eyes hollow.
The last shot freezes on Ed’s face, blood pouring down his hand, a manic mix of relief and horror: he has succeeded in bringing his child back—but at what cost? A dissonant echo of the franchise’s central lesson—“Sometimes dead is better”—closes the trailer.
