Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Best movie ever!

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The sequel to Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" needed to be pretty good, given it's a spin-off from a book/movie by America's most prolific novelist/movie writer. We learn in the first scenes that this B-movie actress is separated from her husband, and very close to her young teen son. A little more exposition on why would've helped. After her death, father and son move back to their home town in -- you guessed it -- Maine. Good move making the dad a vet. His new friend has an abusive stepfather who used to date the late mom, and scene- stealer Clancy Brown does very well as Gus. School bullies, an undead dog, crazy cop, and that sour ground from the first movie add up to a comedic splatterfest, in spite of Edward Furlong's shortcomings in the funny department. Less than a decade earlier Anthony Edwards was the comedic foil to Tom Cruise in the macho classic "Top Gun", but here he plays it too straight. The major drawback to the film is, as I've written before, the Ramis Effect (making a wonderful movie and running out of ideas for the third act). Although he had nothing to do with this film/screenplay, Stephen King has suffered the Ramis Effect before: Okay, we know why Gus dug up the kid's mom, but it's just creepy and wrong that the kid helped things along, made up the attic, and seemed to have gone to the Dark Side with no explanation. Then the undead mom isn't played as a zombie cannibal as with Gus and the first movie people, but as a calculating vampiress type. Finally, it's almost never a good idea to kill a nice kid. The mother and son under the spuds could've been comatose....

This one is better than one would guess it to be... can be funny at times, scary at other times - makes for good horror entertainment.There are some good actors in this movie - the two that play real jerks in the film: Clancy Brown as Gus and Jared Rushton as Clyde and do a real good job at getting you to hate their jerky characters!! Very good performances. As for the rest of the cast: Good performances again!! I'm very happy with all of the actor's skills in the film! The story is what's slacking just a wee bit from the original film but I do find this film entertaining!! It's fun to watch! I pulled out a few films tonight and let my kitten touch the one film to watch this afternoon... this is film she touched with her paw so it's the one we watched first today. I laughed when the first scary music came out of the speakers because she ran up my belly and hugged up against my neck! I knew we'd have fun watching this one together and it was very delightful!! 7/10

Mary Lambert returns to directing a sequel from her classic and truly scary horror film, Pet Sematary. The first Pet Sematary is clearly the better film than this sequel but it may be surprising to some that I found this film more enjoyable to watch. It's a valid point that the first film was ultra-depressing, that the sequel had a good chance of being an easier watch. However, not only was Lambert's sequel more entertaining but the feel, pace and writing were a complete 180 degrees. The writing was lighter and often contained humorous dialogue, especially by Sheriff Gilbert. Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards and Jason McGwire were all great but Clancy Brown stole the show as the Sheriff, Brown absolutely nailed the dinner scene and one-liners.The movie is undoubtedly a guilty pleasure for myself, since many viewers may not enjoy the quirkiness and good amount of odd disconnected scenes. Important to note too, there isn't a lot of mercy shown by Lambert and the writers towards characters in these films either. It's dark, gritty with way more humor and gore. Take a chance on Pet Sematary II, it's often overlook since Stephen King didn't write a book on the story but it's well worth the watch.

John Connor and Goose, get fed up of Hollywood after their mother and wife, respectively, gets killed. They move to Ludlow to start a new life, but soon John is being bullied by a gang led by the boy from Big.One of the gang, Drew, soon befriends him, and they form a little partnership. Drews step-dad though is The Kurgen from Highlander, and doesn't really enjoy him being around the house.The Kurgen kills Drews dog one night, after it tries to hurt his chickens, but lo and behold, John and Drew decide to bury the dog in the titular place, with predictable results...Where's the T-800 when you need him?...The first film was very good, and most importantly, disturbing. It channelled on raising the dead, and being unable to cope with loss. And its point was made clearly and bluntly.This however, tries to be a little bit more, and at times, its seems that its aiming for generation X with its out of place soundtrack, and the overall feel.Furlong was probably cast wholly on his T2 success, and is basically John Connor who goes a bit mad at the end. Edwards is wasted in this, spending his time looking either concerned or perplexed.But the best thing is Brown, who really cranks the cheese up to eleven. He doesn't make the film any better, quite the opposite in fact, but at least when he's on screen, the films never boring.The biggest problem is that its not scary, and its biggest failure is that it doesn't have that foreboding sense of dread that the first movie did.The film verges on parody, and is just a blatant cash in on Kings name.But it is the best movie where someone gets killed by a ton of potatoes....