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Pet Sematary II
The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
1992 · Directed by Mary Lambert · 100 min · Horror · Screenplay in the scene database · 13 frames
Tagline
Raise some hell.
Plot
A few years after the events of the first film and following the accidental death of his mother Renee Hallow-Matthews, 13-year-old Jeff Matthews and his veterinarian father, Chase, move to Ludlow, Maine, Renee's hometown. He's introduced to the belligerent town sheriff, Gus Gilbert, and his stepson, Drew, whom Gus abuses relentlessly. Jeff also draws the ire of local bully Clyde Parker, who tells him the story of the Creed family and the legend of the Miꞌkmaq Indian burial ground.
One night, Gus shoots and kills Drew's beloved dog Zowie after the dog disturbs him during sex. Drew asks Jeff to help him bury Zowie in the Miꞌkmaq burial ground to see if the rumors are true that it can resurrect the dead. Zowie does indeed return from the dead but is uncharacteristically fierce. Chase treats Zowie for his gunshot wound, which refuses to heal; even more bizarre is the fact that Zowie has no heartbeat. Chase sends a sample of Zowie's blood to a lab. It turns out that Zowie's cells have completely deteriorated and are no different from those of a dead canine.
Jeff and Drew go to the Pet Semetery on Halloween for a night of horror stories with local boys. When Gus finds out that Drew's mother Amanda allowed him to go despite being grounded, he rushes to the cemetery and breaks up the party. He attacks Drew, but just as he is about to hit him with a grave marker, Zowie suddenly appears. Zowie fatally mauls Gus, whom the boys subsequently bury at the Indian burial ground. Gus returns to life; he now moves stiffly and rarely speaks, but treats Drew better. Over time, Gus becomes increasingly crude and sadistic, sexually assaulting Amanda and brutally skinning the pet rabbits for dinner.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Richard Outten
- Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
- Edited by: Tom Finan
- Music: Mark Governor
- Production design: Michelle Minch
- Produced by: Ralph S. Singleton
Cast
- Edward Furlong as Jeff Matthews
- Anthony Edwards as Chase Matthews
- Clancy Brown as Sheriff Gus Gilbert
- Jared Rushton as Clyde Parker
- Darlanne Fluegel as Renee Hallow
- Jason McGuire as Drew Gilbert
- Sarah Trigger as Marjorie Hargrove
- Lisa Waltz as Amanda Gilbert
- Jim Peck as Quentin Yolander
- Len Hunt as Director
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Columbus Circle Films
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $17,092,453
- Themes: underdog, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, veterinarian, halloween, villain, resurrection, stepfather, sequel, woods
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