I've seen the disney animated version and I have the burton version
I'm probably the only insane, cold, heartless person that found Pet Semetary funny. The book...the book was sad really, but I think I was reading it at a really bad time...which I would really not like to relieve. Christmas will never be the same for me
But back to what I was saying. While no, I dont find the whole thing about death funny, I almost cried seeing the kid get hit, but the movie has some really funny lines. Stephen King is weird like that. He can make things funny, yet still keep the grim mood of things