Cujo (1983)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 93 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Stars: Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro and Daniel Hugh Kelly
IMDb score:
6,1 (55.443)
Releasedate: 10 August 1983
Cujo plot
"Now there's a new name for terror..."
Donna Trenton is a frustrated housewife whose life has been turned upside down since her husband found out she was dating another man. Brett Camber is a young boy whose only friend is the Saint Bernard Cujo, who is bitten by rabid bats. While Vic, Donna's husband, is away on business, Donna takes her son Tad to Brett's father's car garage. They have car trouble and then face Cujo. This one is very, very sick...
Actors and actresses
Donna Trenton
Tad Trenton
Vic Trenton
Steve Kemp
Joe Camber
Charity Camber
Brett Camber
Gary Pervier
Bannerman
Masen
Reviews & comments
Tonypulp
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- 21231 messages
- 4608 votes
One of the better King adaptations. Has a beautiful blu-ray release from Eureka! got it, the perfect moment to finally see it. Story is a lot darker / more realistic (melancholic) than most adaptations. It's a pity that the film then has a different ending, in which Tad survives, that detracts a bit. Teague was asked on the basis of his work for Alligator (1980) (where is that blu-ray??) and later another Translate King's story to the big screen with Cat's Eye (1985) . In any case, together with DOP Jan de Bont, he makes something beautiful out of it. A lot of movement in the cinematography (that 360 degree shot of course...) and very inventively shot; the credibility of the Saint Bernard(s) stands or falls with it.
That is also the most important - and most difficult - element. How do you turn those innocent dogs into terrifying killers? Clumsiness is lurking, but with several dogs and a bunch of loose props, the job is done far beyond expectations. Very convincing... as well as Dee Walace (who came with producer Blath from The Howling) and child actor Danny Pintauro, who, as a 6-year-old, gives his role the charge that you normally only expect from an adult / experienced actor. The intensity of those two roles, the convincing effects and the oppressive cinematography transcend the hunger for gore. An excellent performance.
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Lovelyboy
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- 4222 messages
- 3173 votes
Once again a King film adaptation that is best appreciated after The Nightflier and Graveyard Shift. And I still wonder why those film adaptations are so often so poorly appreciated. It's not great, but there are really much worse movies. By the way, the book is ready, one of the few by King that I haven't read, so I was pleasantly surprised.
The film certainly has a long run-up with all the relational concerns between the couple and the handyman, but the build-up with the dog that is getting crazier is quite nice. It is therefore after 45 minutes that the madness finally strikes that the film really gets going. Beautiful is what happens at Gary's house, how the dog breaks through the screen door is already a nice start of what is to come.
It is therefore the phase when Donna arrives at the garage where it turns around and the siege and hopeless situation begins. The crazy animal that attacks the car is shown particularly beautifully and every now and then the whole thing with the panicking boy has something uncomfortable about it and can therefore rightly be called psychological horror. Very cleverly made and also played by the young Pintauro. Little things about pooping, peeing and that there is quite a chance to reach the house if Donna does that a bit smarter, for example without heels, apart from that, they work towards an apotheosis. The soundtrack is quite nice from the eighties and of course Jan de Bont has to be mentioned.
Cujo, now also very curious about the book, the film entertained me more than fine actually.
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