WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Pet Sematary, in theaters April 5.

When the latest trailer for the Pet Sematary remake emerged, fans spotted a major change regarding which Creed kid gets killed. Now, Stephen King, who wrote the book, has chimed in, confirming that this change is for the better.

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In King's novel and the 1989 original flick, it was the Creed family's young toddler, Gage, who got hit by the truck, only to be buried in the ancient cemetery and revived later on. Now, it's the daughter, Ellie, who becomes the victim.

"It's something different. They did a good job," he told Entertainment Weekly. "Boy, I saw all the stuff that came online when people realized that it was Ellie rather than Gage that got run over in the road, and I'm thinking like, 'Man, these people…' It's so nuts."

King also explained how the choice to have an older character as a zombie still works for the intended scare factor.

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"You can take Route 301 and go to Tampa, or you could take Route 17 and go to Tampa. But both times, you’re gonna come out at Tampa! [Laughs] You know what I’m saying?" he added. "It didn't change anything for me. I thought, 'Okay, I understand why they did it, because it's maybe easier to work with a zombie when she's a little girl, [rather] than a toddler.'"

Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, Pet Sematary stars Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Hugo and Lucas Lavoie, and John Lithgow. The adaptation of the Stephen King novel opens April 5.