Book: Written by Stephen King.
Film: Adapted from book writing creditors Don Carlos Dunaway and Lauren Currier.
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Main characters Cujo ……… The St Bernard. Donna Trenton………Dee Wallace Stone.
Vic Trenton…..Daniel Hugh Kelly. Tad Trenton………Danny Pintauro
Cujo was written first as a novel by Stephen King in 1981 and later released as a film in 1983. It’s all about a great heavy St Bernard dog called Cujo, who chases a rabbit into a bat cave which disturbs them and in the excitement of them flying around and Cujo trying to catch them he gets bitten by a rabid bat. Cujo lives with garage mechanic Joe Cambers at Castle-Rock Maine, a peaceful idyllic area where the Trentons, Donna and Vic have come to live with their young son Tad.
Vic is a high flyer in the city and is away at work a lot. This puts a lot of strain on the marriage and leads Donna to have an affair with the local handy man. One extremely hot scorcher of a day Donna and Tad take the car to the garage for some minor repairs, here also is Cujo who’s about to go berserk.
Book in my opinion better than the film, also not the same ending. Neither for the faint hearted.
After reading or watching! ……….Bet you never look at your dog quite the same again.
From this to this in just one bite.
