Pet Semataryis reimagined with a cartoon twist in new crossover photos withWinnie-the-Pooh. The storywas originally a 1983 novel by horror legend Stephen King, following the story of Louis and Rachel Creed, who discover a mysterious burial ground near their new house after they relocate to Maine. Itwas first developed into a movie six years after the book’s release, in 1989. Since then, several otherPet Sematarymovieshave been made, including last year’sPet Sematary: Bloodlines.
Now, new art from @nothinghappenedtodayshows a mash-up ofPet SematarywithWinnie-the-Pooh. The art is presented as a series of images in a graveyard akin to the one portrayed in King’s novel and its film adaptations.
To begin what the artist called “a three-act horror story,“Piglet digs up a grave while Pooh lies under a bloody white sheet. Christopher Robin joins the pair in the next image, wherein Pooh emerges from the ground of what is deemedPet Sematary. In the final image, Pooh feasts on Christopher Robin’s decapitated head.
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The Crossover Kind Of Works
While these images are cartoonish reimaginings and comical ways to envision theKing book,they play on actual iconography fromPet Sematary.Decapitated heads play a factor in the universe, which inspired the bloodied Pooh consuming Christopher Robin in the final image of this art. The second image also appears to have Pooh emerging from his grave, indicating that he is coming back to life just like the deceased denizens ofPet Sematarydo in the movies.
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A notable aspect about thisPet Sematarycrossover is that it weirdly kind of works. The reason is likely becauseWinnie-the-Poohitself has become a subject of mascot horror in recent years.The filmWinnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honeysees the classic A. A. Milne character become the cause of a horrifying, sadistic killing. BecauseWinnie-the-Poohhas already been imagined in this horror context, it is not quite as jarring to see Pooh in thesePet Semataryimages.
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The Contrast Is Jarring
Looking at these images, I am reminded of how easy it was forWinnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honeyto make these classic characters into killers. I think part of why this crossover works so well is that thecharacters are such jejune childhood figures that any level of horror applied to them is quite jarring.The likes of Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet are seen as innocent, so applying horror to them creates a sharp contrast and twist that is immediately compelling, such as in the case of thesePet Sematarycrossover images.
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Pet Sematary
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Eager to start afresh, the young doctor, Louis Creed, and his family–his wife, Rachel, their daughter, Ellie, and their two-year-old toddler, Gage–move to their new home in the small rural town of Ludlow, Maine, alarmingly close to a busy highway. However, after the inadvertent death of Rachel’s cherished tomcat in an awful accident, reluctantly, a desperate Louis will take his friendly neighbor’s advice to bury it in an ancient Micmac graveyard: a mystical burial ground imbued with alleged reanimating powers. Now, despite the terrible results and the insistent warnings from a recently deceased, tragedy-stricken Louis has no other choice but to go back to the Indian cemetery, in high hopes that, this time, things will be different. Nevertheless, can the dead truly return from the grave?
