Pet Sematary II (1992)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writer (WGA):

Richard Outten (written by)

Release Date:

28 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Raise some hell.

Plot:

The zombie-raising cemetary is back to its old tricks, this time, with new inhabitants.

Plot Keywords:

Pet | Dog | Burial | Burial Ground | Death

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Edward Furlong	...	Jeff Matthews
Anthony Edwards	...	Chase Matthews
Clancy Brown	...	Sheriff Gus Gilbert
Jared Rushton	...	Clyde Parker
Darlanne Fluegel	...	Renee Hallow
Jason McGuire	...	Drew Gilbert
Sarah Trigger	...	Marjorie Hargrove
Lisa Waltz	...	Amanda Gilbert
Jim Peck	...	Quentin Yolander
Len Hunt	...	Director
Reid Binion	...	Brad
David Ratajczak	...	Stevie
Lucius Houghton	...	Puppeteer
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	First assistant director
Elizabeth Ziegler	...	Steadicam operator

Also Known As:

Pet Cemetery II (USA) (orthographically correct title)
Pet Sematary Two (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence, and for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1993) (video rating) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (1993) (theatrical rating) (uncut) | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:M | France:-16 | Germany:18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:(Banned) | Iceland:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Peachtree City, Georgia, USA

Company:

Columbus Circle Films

Trivia:

The film that Anthony Edwards (Chase) is watching is Once Upon a Time in America (1984), which also features Darlanne Fluegel who plays his wife, Renee, in this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Yolander (correctly) refers to Zowie as a dog, when Chase goes to visit him. But Chase only ever talked about it as "an animal." Yolander could not have known the exact species.

Quotes:

Chase Matthews: [after he has shot Zowie the dog] What are you doing?
Gus Gilbert: Well, I WAS building a doggy door.

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

LOVE NEVER DIES

a inferior sequel that is much too slick for its own good

Pet Semetary 2 is not as creepy as Pet Semetery.it is however,gorier and faster paced.there is also more character development in this one,so theoretically you should feel more emotionally for the characters,but i didn't.perhaps that may be because they are all shallow and unlikable.this movie was played more for camp value,than anything else.the acting is very hammy in some scenes,i hope intentionally.there is also an attempt at shock value,but it is more disgust i felt than shock in some scenes.this movie also has none of the atmosphere or mystique of the first.it is much too slick feeling.i felt the first had a sort of rough,raw quality,which works.the slickness of this movie is one of its failings,along with some others i mentioned.bottom line.this movie is inferior to the original. 5/10