Pet Sematary Two, also referred to as Pet Sematary II, is an American feature film of the supernatural horror genre. It is a sequel to the 1989 movie Pet Sematary, which was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Stephen King. The sequel introduces a brand new cast of characters, but maintains many of the same plot devices from the first film. Pet Sematary Two was directed by Mary Lambert with a script written by Richard Outten. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on August 28th, 1992. The film stars Terminator child actor Edward Furlong as the young protagonist Jeff Matthews with future ER star and former "nerd" Anthony Edwards as his father Chase Matthews. Everybody's favorite lunatic, Clancy Brown, takes on the part of the film's symbol of authority and all-around a-hole, Gus Gilbert. Plus it has zombie dogs. Who doesn't like zombie dogs?
Taglines for this film include, "Raise some Hell" and "Back by popular demand", the second of which is a pun referring to the nature of bringing the dead back to life.
Pet Sematary Two has a 26% (rotten) Tomato Meter rating on the film aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes.
This is Mary Lambert's second horror film as a director. She also directed the first Pet Sematary in 1989. She will go on to direct Urban Legends: Bloody Mary in 2005 and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid in 2011.
This is Richard Outten's third film work as a screenwriter and his first, and to date, only in the horror genre. He also wrote the screenplays for Lionheart in 1987 and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland in 1989.
Producer Ralph S. Singleton is best known as a producer and a production manager on the TV series Cagney & Lacey. He was also an associate producer on the first Pet Sematary. His other horror works include Graveyard Shift and Trailer Park of Terror.
This is Mark Governor's tenth film work as a composer. It is his third film in the horror genre.
