David Duchovny’s X-Files Past Didn’t Effect His Pet Sematary Prequel Casting (But Director Sees The Parallels)

While already a perfect continuation of his genre past, director Lindsey Anderson Beer reflects on how David Duchovny’s X-Files past impacted his Pet Sematary: Bloodlines casting. Duchovny stars in the prequel movie to Stephen King’s novel as Bill Baterman, a grieving father who looks to bring his son back to life after he is killed in the Vietnam War. Despite knowing the danger, Baterman elects to bury his son in the eponymous graveyard, setting off a series of killings and reigniting an ancient evil that has plagued Ludlow since its founding.