Jud Crandall was a lifelong resident of Ludlow, Maine, who passed his twilight years watching semi-trucks barrel down the highway in front of his house. His quiet life became a little more active when a new family, the Creeds, moved in across the road. After he befriended Doctor Louis Creed, Jud took the family into his confidence and revealed that the seemingly-tranquil Maine landscape held a dark and deadly secret– an ancient burial ground that had the power to reverse death itself.

He was later killed by a reanimated Gage Creed when Gage slit his mouth and bit his throat.

In the 2019 Remake, a reanimated Ellie Creed stabbed Jud to death off camera.

In the 2023 prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, Jud is a young man looking for his purpose in life, Jud is about to leave his small hometown behind. When dark secrets tied to Ludlow's sinister past are unearthed, Jud's drive to always help those in need may just get in his way. Personality

Jud Crandall was the wise teenager that anyone would have been happy to know. He lived a long life and saw a lot of everything– but nothing prepared him for the occult horror that brewed in the house across the road.