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Pet Sematary II

1992. Directed by Mary Lambert, written by Richard Outten.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    5 women characters. 4 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    Women do talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

Poster for Pet Sematary II

The film

After the horrible electrocution of his divorced mother in a freakish film-set accident, the troubled thirteen-year-old boy, Jeff Matthews, and his father, Chase, move to his hometown of Ludlow, Maine, to make a fresh start. However, as Jeff struggles to leave the bad memories behind him, his only friend, Drew Gilbert, tells him about the ancient Indian burial site with the otherworldly reanimating powers, intent on testing it on his loyal dog, Zowie. Indeed, the myth is real; nevertheless, what would happen if Jeff buried his beloved mother's dead body in the graveyard's stony soil? Can the dead truly return from the grave?

Released
28 Aug 1992
Genres
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Rated
R
IMDb
5 / 10
Metascore
35 / 100
Awards
3 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Chase 99 lines, man
  2. Geoff 85 lines, man
  3. Gus 72 lines, man
  4. Drew 64 lines, man
  5. Clyde 45 lines, man
  6. Renee 26 lines, woman
  7. Amanda 23 lines, woman
  8. Marjorie 23 lines, woman
  9. Yolander 11 lines, man
  10. Rudman 5 lines, man
Full cast, 29 people
  • Edward Furlong as Jeff Matthews
  • Anthony Edwards as Chase Matthews
  • Clancy Brown as Sheriff Gus Gilbert
  • Jared Rushton as Clyde Parker
  • Darlanne Fluegel as Renee Hallow
  • Jason McGuire as Drew Gilbert
  • Sarah Trigger as Marjorie Hargrove
  • Lisa Waltz as Amanda Gilbert
  • Jim Peck as Quentin Yolander
  • Len Hunt as Director
  • Reid Binion as Brad
  • Dave Ratajczak as Stevie
  • Lucius Houghton as Puppeteer
  • Wilbur Fitzgerald as First assistant director
  • Elizabeth Ziegler as Steadicam Operator
  • Ken Fisher as Assistant Steadicam
  • Gil Roper as Electrician
  • Robert Easton as Priest
  • Judson Vaughn as Reporter
  • Bruce Evers as Mover
  • Janell McLeod as School Teacher
  • Christina Dennis as Susan
  • Rick Andosca as Pathologist
  • Joe Dorsey as Caretaker
  • Donna Lowry as Newscaster
  • Emily Woodward as Twins mother
  • Amanda Mitchell as Screaming Twin
  • J.L. Parker as Potato Truck Driver
  • Bart Mixon as Bumbling Technician

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 140

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 31212
4 to 606
7 to 9620
10 to 1200
13 to 15010
16 to 18020
19 to 2108
22 to 24311
25 to 27016
28 to 30113
31 to 3303
34 to 3636
37 to 3914
40 to 4209
43 to 45015
46 to 4807
49 to 5110
52 to 54316
55 to 57113
58 to 60411
61 to 6334
64 to 66312
67 to 69018
70 to 7227
73 to 7502
76 to 7854
79 to 81116
82 to 8402
85 to 8706
88 to 90114
91 to 9302
94 to 9624
97 to 9977
100 to 102025
103 to 105011
106 to 10803
109 to 11101
112 to 11412
115 to 117212
118 to 12000
121 to 12309
124 to 12616
127 to 12910
130 to 132012
133 to 13541
136 to 1381012
139 to 14004

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.

78 lines from women, 396 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

5 women and 12 men in the cast. 4 women and 11 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 505. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 47 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 17% of the words (720), men 83% (3,551). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit E: behind the camera

5 of the 11 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Mary Lambert (woman)
Written by
Richard Outten (man)
Produced by
Ralph S. Singleton (man)
Shot by
Russell Carpenter (man)
Edited by
Tom Finan (man)
Music by
Mark Governor (man)
Production design by
Michelle Minch (woman)
Costumes by
Marlene Stewart (woman)
Cast by
Richard Pagano (man), Sharon Bialy (woman), Debi Manwiller (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    3 women, 10 men, 5 not listed

  • Other crew

    1 women, 8 men, 5 not listed

  • Art

    3 women, 3 men, 4 not listed

  • Production

    2 women, 3 men, 3 not listed

  • Camera

    1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    2 women, 3 men

  • Editing

    1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 31 on average. Men: 22 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Sarah Trigger 24, Lisa Waltz 30, Darlanne Fluegel 38

Men

Jason McGuire 13, Edward Furlong 15, Jared Rushton 18, Anthony Edwards 30, Clancy Brown 33

Exhibit G: the money

It made 2.1 times what it cost.

Budget
$8 million
Box office
$17.1 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 140 scenes and 505 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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