Cujo (film)
Cujo is a 1983 American psychological horrorthriller film based on Stephen Kings novel of the same name. It was directed by Lewis Teague, and written by Don Carlos Dunaway and Lauren Currier.
The Trentons Vic, Donna and their son Tad are an uppermiddleclass suburban family. Vic works in advertising, Donna is a housewife and Tad is a sensitive little boy who has a strong fear of monsters in his closet. One day, the Trenton family takes their car to the rural home of abusive mechanic Joe Camber for some repairs, where they meet Cujo the dog in the beginning the Camber familys easygoing St. Bernard who still has the bite on his nose received from the bat while chasing the rabbit in the cave. Donna suspiciously notices the bite but thinks little of it. Vic and Donnas marriage on the rocks is tested when Vic learns that Donna is having an affair with her exboyfriend from high school, Steve Kemp, while Vics advertising for a cereal commercial is failing and he tries to save his marriage with Donna.After Joes wife, Charity, and her son, Brett, leave for a week to visit her sister, Holly, Cujos bite from the rabid bat drives him mad, and he kills the Cambers alcoholic neighbor, Gary Pervier, and Joe in the garage, who attempts to call the authorities for help and fails to defend himself from his now rabid dog. Meanwhile, Vic goes out of town on a business trip as Donna and Tad return to the Cambers house for more car repairs where Cujo attacks them with Donna presumably realizing the reason of the bite on Cujos nose. Donna and Tad take shelter in their Ford Pinto as Tad tries to convince Donna to drive home, but the alternator dies and the two are trapped. Therefore, they are forced to stay inside their car while Cujo attacks repeatedly. The hot sun makes conditions nearly unbearable and Donna knows that she must do something, before they both die from heatstroke or dehydration. Attempts at escape, however, are foiled by the mad Cujos repeated attacks. Vic returns home to rekindle his marriage, only to find Donna and Tad missing and his house vandalized by Kemp. He suspects the possessive Steve Kemp of kidnapping, but then realizes his wife and son might be
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