Pet Sematary II - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[maureen]

Gus always abusing and disciplining Drew foreshadows when he finally kills him and his mother Amanda near the end.

[duane]

When Zowie leaps at Gus and the two battle it out, spinning and tumbling until Gus arms himself with a grave marker cross and swings it at the dog. Zowie becomes more vicious and goes for Gus's throat, which he rips open, and Gus dies. This scene was shot in cuts with the trainer as photo double for the actor for the majority of the scenes. For the snarling close-ups, the dog wore a mouth device similar to what boxers wear in the ring, which gives the appearance that the dog is snarling. Snarling sounds were added in post production. What appeared to be a heavy cross was actually made out of foam rubber. The dog had been trained to play with this with his trainer. The trainer would playfully swing at the dog with the foam rubber cross so as not to scare the dog during filming. The dog had been trained to jump from a platform to another platform and into his trainer's arms to simulate the leap attack. This was done as part of a play/training technique and the dog actually enjoyed it as he played and wrestled with his trainer. When the dog sinks his teeth into Gus's throat, a prosthetic neck containing some purchased meat was used.

[sandra]

When Chase enters the Gilberts house near the end, an inverted cross can be seen near the entrance of the doorway to his left.

[jessie]

The 6 January 1991 draft of the screenplay credits revisions to David S. Goyer. He is not credited in the final film.

[jessica]

Edward Furlong (Jeff Matthews) was a fan of Stephen King at the time of filming.

[carla]

When Drew enters the vet's office with Zowie on a leash, Zowie chases the kitten and the kitten runs under a surgical gurney to find safety. This scene was shot in cuts and the kitten was not actually there when the dog was doing the chasing. The kitten was filmed separately going from A to B, with one trainer releasing the kitten and a second trainer calling to the kitten with food as a reward. The actor opened the door, holding the leash, and the trainer then gave a verbal command to the dog to speak and then called the dog to him. The actor struggled with the dog, holding the leash, and then on cue, let the leash go as the dog ran out of frame. A scene was then filmed with the kitten under the gurney and Drew holding Zowie back as he tries to get to the kitten under the gurney. The kitten was never frightened or in any real danger as the dog likes kittens and the two animals are friends.

[liam]

The scene where the mom and her twin daughters going into the Dr. Matthews' office to look at the kittens is perhaps a nod to The a Shining where a set of twins walks down a long hallway with scary results.

[gerald]

When the boys take Zowie to Chase to tend to Zowie's wounds, Chase takes a sample of Zowie's blood. We see a syringe filling with the blood. This was shot in cuts and the dog was not given a needle and no blood was extracted.

[leo]

Anthony Edwards met his wife Jeanine Lobell on the set of this film.

[nina]

When Jeff is chasing after the bully who has his cat, they ride past the house the Creeds move into in the first film. The name can be seen on the mail box.

[jeffrey]

Mary Lambert has stated that her original concept for the film would have involved Ellie Creed as the central character, the only survivor from the first film. However, Paramount was not confident in making the film's lead a teenage girl, so the story was written with completely new characters and a male protagonist. Thirteen-year-old Furlong was cast in the lead role, capitalizing on his rise to fame in the previous year's blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

[carla]

Gus drives a 1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer.

[fred]

In an interview, Mary Lambert commented that the real reason why she wanted to make this sequel was "I really wanted to get into the idea of what goes on in a teenage boy's head, on why they do stupid things. Because that's the kind of stupid thing a teenage boy would do! Louis Creed buries his son because of an intense desire, a feeling of guilt that it's his fault that the boy died, but Edward Furlong's character buries Clancy Brown in Pet Sematary because he's a teenage boy and he's stupid! For teenage boys, the blood is not going to their brain; it's going somewhere else."

[nina]

In the scene in the vet's office where badly mauled and bloodied kittens are discovered, synthetic kittens were used, and the blood was fake. Some meat, purchased from a butcher shop, was interspersed with the fake body parts and fake blood.

[clayton]

Trailer narrated by Percy Rodrigues.

[christina]

When Zowie appears at Drew's house and he pursues Drew, Drew runs to escape from Zowie and runs up a flight of stairs through a door which he slams shut just a second before Zowie throws himself against the door. This scene was shot in cuts. One trainer held the dog and a second trainer called the dog into frame in front of the actor. The second trainer gave the dog the verbal command to stay and snarl. For the run up the stairs, the first trainer gave the actor a head start running up the stairs and then gave the dog the verbal command to "go with". The dog then ran up the stairs behind the actor. Where the dog was to jump against the door, which has just closed, one trainer would hold the dog by the collar and then give the dog the verbal command to hit the door. The dog would then run and jump against the door, which he had been trained to do.

[eli]

Chase's revolver is a Smith & Wesson Model 65.

[chad]

Second of two Stephen King's movie adaptation stared by one of the Terminator 2 main characters (Edward Furlong, who plays John Connor Terminator 2- Judgement day). The other one is Children of the corn (1984), starring Linda Hammilton, who plays Sarah Connor in Terminator and T2.

[ava]

Zowie dies when he is alive and undead by getting shot.