Pet Sematary II
Short description
Pet Sematary II follows Jeff Matthews, whose mother dies in an accident on a Hollywood film set, after which his father, a veterinarian, moves with him to the small town of Ludlow. There Jeff befriends Drew Gilbert, a boy who is bullied and abused by his stepfather, the local sheriff. When the sheriff kills Drew's dog, the two boys bury it in an old Native American burial ground said to bring the dead back to life. What returns is not what they hoped for.
The film is a sequel to Pet Sematary, and the second feature directed by Mary Lambert, following the 1989 original and preceding Dragstrip Girl. Richard Outten wrote the screenplay, Ralph S. Singleton produced, and the cast includes Edward Furlong as Jeff, Anthony Edwards as Chase Matthews, Clancy Brown as Sheriff Gus Gilbert, Jared Rushton, Darlanne Fluegel and Jason McGuire. Made for 8 million dollars, it returned 17 million worldwide.
Audience response has been modest: on IMDb it holds 4.9 from around 25,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.5 from roughly 622 votes. A critics' rating of 3.8 from 25 reviews places it below even those audience scores, so the film drew little enthusiasm from either quarter.
What's left behind the scenes
- According to director Mary Lambert, she initially intended to make a film centered around Ellie Creed, the only survivor from the first film. However, the film company did not accept this idea, so the script was rewritten, introducing new characters and a main villain. 13-year-old Edward Furlong, who had played one of the main characters in James Cameron's blockbuster "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" the previous year, was cast in the lead role.
- The scene where the dog tries to reach the rabbit cages was filmed in parts. It is believed that Clancy Brown's character equipped the cages with sirens and wired them with electricity, so anyone who touched them would receive an electric shock. The dog was specifically trained to nudge an object with its nose, which initially sparked—a purely visual effect—while ensuring the dog itself wasn't frightened.
- Number of bodies: 11
- The prop hand of the creature at the beginning of the film is the hand of a skeleton from Tommy Lee Wallace's horror film "It" (1990).
- When Jeff chases the bully who stole his kitten, they drive past the house that the Creeds enter in the first film. The name can be seen on the mailbox.
- Anthony Edwards met his wife Janine Lobell on the set of this film.
- Edward Furlong (Jeff Matthews) was a Stephen King fan during filming.
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