Why people recommend it
Pet Sematary by Stephen King is a dark horror novel that follows a grieving family whose patriarch discovers a malevolent burial ground behind their home capable of resurrecting the dead with sinister results. Joe Rogan has repeatedly praised the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, telling guests like Greg Fitzsimmons and Eddie Bravo that it is an exceptionally great and scary story that expertly drags readers into its terrifying narrative. Shane Gillis and Joe Rogan both reminisced about reading Pet Sematary and Cujo during their youth while commuting, with Rogan recalling that the ruthless and dark moments in Pet Sematary scared him intensely as a child. Gillis also touched upon King's chaotic writing process during that era. On The Book Review, Greg Coles named the novel as his personal favorite Stephen King work, while Grady Hendrix discussed the inescapable, unexplainable evil embedded within the very soil of the story. Furthermore, Matt on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know referenced the novel, quoting King's famous description of the sour soil to vividly illustrate the contaminated environmental conditions found at Hunters Point.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Greg Cowles Discussed
- Grady Hendrix Discussed
- Shane Gillis Discussed
- Mike Rowe Discussed
- Maynard James Keenan Discussed
Joe Rogan — 5 mentions
“that's just like some of the real ruthless [__] in like pet cemetery yeah you're like whoa when you read it and you hit the page just go [__] like that guy was wild”
“pet cemetery scared the [ __ ] out of me when i was a kid when i would uh take the t to taekwondo i would read books that's what i was i was always reading stephen king books”
“I didn't see him in the new i heard it was uh yeah It was based on the stephen king book yeah the book is great”
“it's like was Pet Sematary Pet Sematary is a book there's some things about books”
“God damn pet cemetery is a [ __ ] great book the movie was fun but goddamn that knows how to drag you in”
Greg Cowles — 1 mention
“I have a soft spot for Pet Cemetery”
Grady Hendrix — 1 mention
“you never understand quite what the darkness and evil at the heart of pet cemetery say is but it is in there it is in the ground”
Shane Gillis — 1 mention
“when I was on my way into town I would read damn pet cemetery Cojo he said he said he didn't even remember writing Cojo just blacked out on coke and beer what yeah oh Stephen King rules dude rules he got [ __ ] up in Ro God he got [ __ ] up and wrote everything what if”
Mike Rowe — 1 mention
“It’s like the cat in Pet Sematary that comes back to life; those things are a poor substitute for the original. You can replace these things, but there will always be unintended consequences, whether you're talking about rent control, minimum wage, or Zoom learning for school.”
Maynard James Keenan — 1 mention
“it's like Stephen King's pet cemetery you know you bury the cat comes back to life and it's like okay”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“uh in short just like in Pet Cemetery as Stephen King wrote the soil is sour”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“We've had in addition to all these movies, multiple Pet Cemeteries, multiple fire starters, multiple carries.”
“and my first memory of a Stephen King book it it had to be pet cemetery which I felt very proud of myself for pointing out was misspelled on the as it would turn out quite intentionally so”
“and then the second book I said I want now I want to read pet cemetery and my dad said still too scary”
“Holly Smith named pet cemetery”
“some of his early stuff like The Shining or Cujo or pet cemetery”
“when I was on my way into town I would read damn pet cemetery Cojo”
“here I can have two comes like in a Stephen King book Oh what the hell's that cemeteries came out”
“Pet Sematary which one”