Pet Graveyard (2019) Review

Pet Graveyard was directed by Rebecca Matthews and stars Rita Siddiqui, Andrew Hollingworth and Claire-Maria Fox (from Mother Krampus). It’s about a group of friends who participate in a suicide ritual for a chance to say goodbye to loved ones.

The space between life and death… can kill

Pet Graveyard is a British horror movie that doesn’t really involve a graveyard, or pets. There is a cat that walks around sometimes, but only to signify that death is near. It’s a Sphynx who, according to this movie, is supposed to be the Grim Reaper’s companion. I checked. This isn’t a thing. The only thing you find when looking up anything Sphynx is a load of cute pics of Sphynxs’ in sweaters.

Of course the Sphynx in the movie had glowing red eyes so probably not cute, even in a sweater.

The movie is good in concept but basic in execution, it feels like a long episode of a TV show. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it just leans a bit too far on the PG-13 thriller side for my personal taste.

Overall, Pet Graveyard is like a mashup of Insidious (once dead, the protagonists basically walk around The Further) and Flatliners. Oddly, it has no similarities with Pet Sematary.