The Wendigo
Perhaps one of the biggest changes in the story’s adaptation to the big screen is the lack of the Wendigo. In the novel, the villain of the piece is the Wendigo, a scary monster from folklore that convinces humans to turn into cannibals. In the 1989 movie, this idea is absent. Instead, there’s a strange, non-corporeal force pulling the strings. The Wendigo returns as the force behind the pet cemetery’s power in the 2019 version.