Sweet Sarah, a struggling actress, is desperate to make it big in Hollywood's cut-throat film industry. Instead, she treads water waiting tables at a tacky fast-food restaurant. Eager for her big break, Sarah takes a chance on an ambitious horror movie, only to realise that dreams and reality are two entirely different things. As she catches the attention of a stone-faced casting director offering a second chance, Sarah must sacrifice everything in the name of art to seal the deal. But the question remains: How far is Sarah willing to go to catapult herself into the limelight?

Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children, Gage and Ellie, move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie 'Pet Sematary' located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes, dead is better.