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Release Date: 19 August, 2003 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.49 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
Pet Sematary Two Reviews
Fady Ghaly's reviews
Plot Line (partially from back cover of film)
Sometimes dead is better. But the shocking terror that plagued Ludlow, Maine, in Pet Sematary, is still very much alive in this heart-pounding sequel to the original 1989 hit that grossed out several exceptional reviews and was practically proclaimed as one of Stephen King's greatest horror films yet coming out of that persistently over-filled, imaginative mind of his.
After the death of his wife, veterinarian Chase Matthews (Anthony Edwards) and his thirteen-year-old son, Jeff (Edward Furlong), move to Ludlow to rebuild their lives. Antagonized by the neighborhood kids, Jeff befriends another outsider, Drew Gilbert (Jason McGuire), who lives in fear of his cruel stepfather, Gus (Clancy Brown.) After Gus cold-bloodedly shoots Drew's beloved dog, the boys go off and bury the body in the local Indian burial ground-a place rumored to have powers of resurrection. When evil is awakened, the boys realize that sometimes you should just let dead dogs lie.
My remarks toward this picture
With dark comedic references, a music score aimed at popular culture, and a director that relies more upon gore and blood-soaked special effects than an actual précis, Pet Sematary Two is really intended for adolescents. For the only thing it really had in common with the original was presenting these graphical images of violence that are, however, definitely not intended for the squeamish; Steve Johnson really did a fantastic job with the makeup.
In the contemplation that adolescents stood as primary characters, it, however, had not shed any sympathy toward either of them or grant them any extra care, for they were treated as equally as everyone else, which meant that...yes, you literally got to observe thirteen-year-olds getting slaughtered in the most heartless and horrid of ways. Pet Sematary Two doesn't rely on elements that would generally attract an average horror fan looking forward for "a good time", for it is just a very mean-spirited and cold-hearted film without any barriers or boundaries. Average slashers, although are known for explicit violence, seem to have a soft side to them, for the killers usually depart from children; they neglect expressing their feelings of rage (what else?) upon them. But Pet Sematary Two goes all the way; it has no soft side.
The thing about this film that was somewhat of a bother is, as twisted as it was, it reached an extent where it became so twisted, that it really had no major significance to it, as rules initially confirmed before as to how you awaken the dead were not only broken, but ultimately it appeared as if the dead themselves were being brought back to life for no reason at all but to merely draw blood and splatter brains all over the place; it's as if director Mary Lambert-who surprisingly is also the director of the original-was deliberately mocking the entire premise of the original film. But I'm sure that wasn't his pursuit, which would mean only one thing: that he was probably attempting to somehow recreate the story and make a film that stands out from being an actual "sequel", because as one-in my opinion-it was much too complex and just didn't know how far too far can go. I mean, Christ, you not only have these alleged "soulless, maggot-luring" zombies creating havoc and destroying innocent lives without much motive to begin with, but you have zombies that are badly portrayed by the actors who were ignominiously given this eccentric, almost vivacious persona which completely ruined the feeling; the capability of eliciting belief for their inanimate hearts just wasn't there.
Nevertheless, despite its failure to have as great of an affect among viewers like myself as the original had; despite the fact that Stephen King himself, Master of the Macabre, said he wanted others to be fully aware that he had absolutely nothing to do with it, it still was a good film. This is still the sort of horror film that you can sit down and watch without having to worry about drawing a smirk on your face out of pure ridicule, for it had made its way to theaters, and although Paramount Studios is known to permit the lowest-in-budget pictures to pass on by, this one was quite worthy of the big screen, too. (Unlike the very unworthy Dr. Giggles.)
And while Lambert had failed to create more authentic supernatural characters, the one thing that he hadn't was creating these two very human boys that go as far as saying things like how they couldn't believe that they've suddenly lost their beloved mother or father, and that they presumed they'd never have to undergo through such unbearable matters, as they merely assumed they happened to others, when in reality they can really happen to anyone. One day you could be some vigorous kid taking pleasure of life with those you cherish...the next, you could be some miserable wreck forever grieving over the one you thought you'd never lose.
The casting crew did an amazing job in selecting just the right actors for the right rolls, and I'm chiefly referring to Jason McGuire and Edward Furlong of course. Not only because Furlong, as an Award-winning actor, delivers, but also because of the laziness of such opaque, such evil-like eyes, which perfectly suit the film's hellish subject matters, and its excessively temperamental tone. The two boys were terrific together, and had you sympathize, especially Furlong as the film progresses from his mother's death, through his moments of striving for a normal life, to his inevitable state of mind when the film comes to a climax. Rarely would a horror film do that, but not every horror film is entitled "Pet Sematary Two", which, despite its flaws, was true to the human soul.
PET SEMATARY 2
PET SEMATARY 2 is the sequel to Stephen King's original PET SEMATARY. Jeff Matthews moves to the town of Ludlow with his father after his Hollywood star mother is accidentally killed while making a horror movie. Jeff makes friends with a local boy named Drew who has a dog named Zowie and a mean stepfather named Gus, who also happens to be the sheriff in Ludlow. When Gus shoots Drew's dog, Drew takes Jeff with him to bury the dog in the Indian burial ground that's next to the local Pet Sematary. When the dog comes back from the dead, Jeff begins to wonder if he should bury his mother in the burial ground. This is a decent, well-acted sequel.
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