Brad Greenquist was catapulted into celebrity status back in 1989 following his chilling portrayal of the ghost of Victor Pascow on Stephen Kings classic horror Pet Sematary, co starring alongside Star Treks Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynne of The Munsters fame.

Dr. Louis Creed has moved his family from Chicago to Maine to take over the U of Main’s health service. He moves his family (his wife Rachel and two young children, Ellie and Gage, and Ellie’s cat, Church) into a beautiful house situated near a hilly two-lane road frequented by speeding 16-wheelers. Louis’ first day on the job is an eventful one: Victor Pascow, a University student, is brought in with a broken skull and various other fractures; a casualty of the speeding trucks. Louis does everything he can to revive Pascow, but fails. He pronounces him dead, and apologizes.

Suddenly, a rush of air fills Pascow’s lungs and he opens his eyes and turns to Louis. Then he speaks: he issues a warning that Louis cannot understand. Then, with a twinkle in his eye, he says “I’ll come to you…” And with those last words, he dies (again).

That night, Louis is awakened from sleep by some loud noise. Suddenly Pascow, the student he tried to save, his by his bedside, beaconing him to follow him. Louis does. Pascow explains that he’s trying to help Louis, just as Louis had tried to help him. Louis follows Pascow outside and into the woods, to an area known as the Pet Cemetary. Pascow tells him, “This is the place where the dead speak!” and then, pointing to lights in the woods, he warns Louis: “Do not go on...no matter how much you may feel you have to, do not go on to the place where the dead walk!” Louis crumbles in fear and Pascow floats away.

Events overtake Louis: while his family is away, his daughter’s cat is killed by a truck. Taking the advice of a neighbor Jud, Louis goes beyond the Pet Cematary to the place where Pascow warned him not to go: an old Indian burial ground “where the dead walk” to bury the cat. Before long the dead cat returns, not quite dead but not quite alive either. The cat is animated, but evil.

The next victim of the trucks is Louis’ three-year-old son, Gage. A funeral is held, but that night Louis returns to the Cemetary with a shovel and bag. Pascow again appears to him, warning him not to do what he’s thinking of doing. Louis ignores Pascow’s warning, exhumes his son and takes him to “the place where the dead walk.” Chaos and horror ensue, and throughout Victor Pascow appears to Louis, whispers in Rachel’s ear, steps into Ellie’s dreams, all in a vein attempt to save the Creeds from their terrible fate.

Louis himself has a traumatic experience during the first week of classes when Victor Pascow, a student who has been fatally injured by being hit by an automobile, addresses his dying words to Louis personally, even though the two men have never met. On the night following Pascow's death, Louis experiences what he believes is a very vivid, very real dream in which he meets Pascow, who leads him to the "sematary" and refers specifically to the "deadfall," a dangerous pile of fallen-over trees that form a barrier at the back of the "sematary". Pascow warns Louis not to "go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to." Louis wakes up in bed the next morning convinced it was only a dream, until he discovers his feet and the bedsheets covered with dirt and pine needles. Louis still dismisses the dream as the product of the stress he experienced during Pascow's death, coupled with his wife's lingering anxieties about the subject of death. He thinks of the pine needles and dirt getting there as sleepwalking.

Ellie has a terrifying dream featuring Victor Pascow on the flight to Chicago. Because of this, and an agreement between Rachel and her daughter as to Louis' behavior before they left, Rachel decides to fly back to Maine. She is forced to drive a part of the way after she misses a connecting flight in Boston. Along the way, Rachel contacts Jud Crandall, who agrees that something terrible is happening concerning Louis, but that he feels he can take care of it. He also instructs Rachel to come to his house the following morning after laying-over for the night.

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