Stephen King’s 1987 novel about a man who can resurrect the dead in an ancient burial ground is Pet Sematary.
The novel follows Louis Creed, a doctor who moves with his family to rural Ludlow, Maine. Near their home is a children’s burial ground, whose misspelled sign gives the book its title. Beyond it lies an older burial place with supernatural power: things buried there can return to life, but they come back changed.
Louis initially encounters the burial ground through his neighbor Jud Crandall. After a family tragedy, Louis becomes convinced that the ancient site can undo death. His decision to use it produces increasingly terrible consequences, as the novel examines grief, denial, and the refusal to accept natural limits.
King has said the story was inspired partly by events involving his family and the death of a pet. He reportedly found the concept so disturbing that he initially hesitated to publish it. The title is often misspelled “Pet Cemetery,” but “Pet Sematary” is the novel’s intentional spelling.