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.
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.
This is Mark Governor's tenth film work as a composer. It is his third film in the horror genre.
This is actor Edward Furlong's first work in the horror genre. He is best known for his portrayal of 10-year-old John Connor in the 1992 sci-fi/action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Furlong will go on to appear in such films as Brainscan in 1994, The Crow: Wicked Prayer in 2005 and the remake of Night of the Demons in 2009.
This film was released in the same month as Demonic Toys.
Principal filming on this movie began on the same day that John Landis began shooting Innocent Blood.
