Jud Crandall

Jud Crandall is one of the characters in the 1983 Novel, Pet Sematary, the 1989 film and in 2019 Film Remake Version.

Overview

He is a lifelong resident of Ludlow, Maine, who is passing his twilight years watching semi-trucks barrel down the highway in front of his house. His quiet life becomes a little more active when a new family, the Creeds, moves in across the road. After befriending Doctor Louis Creed, Jud takes the family into his confidence and reveals that the seemingly tranquil Maine landscape holds a dark and deadly secret– an ancient burial ground that has the power to reverse death itself. He is killed by Gage Creed when he slits his mouth and bites his throat.

While in the 2019 remake Ellie Creed stabs her to death off camera.

Jud's bloody corpse

Jud in the 2019 remake

Jud's death in the remake

His death in the 1989 won the golden chainsaw on Dead Meat's youtube channel.

Personality

Jud Crandall is the iconic old man neighbor that anyone would be happy to know. He’s lived a long life and has seen a lot of everything– but nothing has prepared him for the occult horror brewing in the house across the road.