<Li> Lisa Waltz as Amanda Gilbert </Li> <Li> Sarah Trigger as Marjorie Hargrove </Li> <P> Paramount was anxious to follow up on the success of Pet Sematary with a sequel and invited Mary Lambert to return and direct . She 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 . Shooting took place in Coweta County, Georgia . </P> <P> Stephen King, who wrote the novel the first film was based on, had his name removed from the film prior to its release . The film debuted at number three . Paramount Home Video released it on VHS in April 1993, and on DVD in September 2001 . </P>

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