Cry In The Night (1992)
Animal Action
There are two violent animal scenes depicted in this film. In one of these scenes Beth and Tina’s new puppy wanders into the Kruger family’s cemetery. He is sniffing at one of the grave stones when, from behind a tree, Eric aims his hunting rifle and shoots the puppy, who falls over dead, blood covering the side of his little body. This scene was shot in many cuts. You never see the puppy actually being shot, nor was the puppy around any gunfire. A small string was loosely tied around one of the puppy’s hind legs and his wrangler, who was out of camera range, tugged the string, causing the puppy to fall over onto his side on the grass. Stage blood had been applied to the puppy’s fur. The puppy was never actually harmed in any way. The sound of the gunshot was added in post production. In the other scene, one of the hired hands is in the stable tending to the horses when one of the horses rears up and starts trompling the boy under his feet. One of the other men comes to the boys rescue and shoots the crazed horse. The horse rears up, whinnies, and then falls over dead. This scene, too, was shot in numerous cuts. A trained rearing horse was used for this scene. When the horse is trompling the boy, you only see the horses legs and the boy’s face. This was accomplished by using two fake horse’s hooves with one of the prop men moving them up and down off camera. The horse then did a lay down on his trainer’s verbal command. The man never fires the gun when the horse is present. The gunshot sound and horse whinnies were added in post production. Horses and ponys are also seen in and around the stables milling about as atmosphere. One is also seen pulling a carriage and another is seen being fed an apple.
