I love Stephen King and I love movies. Therefore the fact so much of my favourite authors work has been adapted into film should be awesome. However I've quickly learnt that most King adaptions are garbage.

Cujo falls squarely within the bad King adaptions. The titular dog does nothing for the first third of the movie, we just see an incredibly dull family potter around a bit. When Cujo finally does attack it's all kind of boring. It's not the worst King adaptions but's it is definitely in the top five.

For the most part, Cujo is a thoroughly boring movie. Literally nothing happens until at least the 2nd half besides some family drama and a whole heap of Hallmark Movie acting.

The big scary dog is quite menacing and the final act has some tension but overall, this movie is half baked. Some flatly shot action, coupled with a terribly cheesy score do nothing to save this film.

Not atrocious but not even halfway good either.
Should probably leave this one at the kennels.

If I were in a worse mood I'd call some of the more melodramatic character elements "pretentious," but as is I'll just say they're a minor distraction from what has to rank as one of the all-time great movie monsters.

Fuck you dog.

Described by many as a 'pre-quel' to the seven fantastic 'Beethoven' movies this film definitely delivers. Despite not being as friendly and lovable as Beethoven (Well, who could be?) Cujo tries very hard to be loved.

Unfortunately, Cujo becomes infected by a bat and viewers can only watch in terror as Cujo turns rabid and attempts to kill those who he tried so hard to love. The people can only sit in sheer terrier, hoping they'll survive.
Despite the sadness I felt after watching this film, one really must raise their leg in salute to a great film. There are definitely no pawses in this fast paced film. :):):)

In the VHS era of my youth, CUJO was my first taste of the forbidden fruit of R-rated films. I was ten. Buried under a pile of detritus at my neighbor's house sat a beaten, loved-to-death copy of CUJO belonging to her father, who was always either reading Stephen King novels or hard at work playing the original DOOM on their family computer. I smuggled the tape home despite warnings that it would terrify me and loved every moment of it. Looking back, it's not as frightening as I once thought, but it is every bit as engaging as when I first watched it more than fifteen years ago. "Nope. Nothing wrong here."

For the most part, Cujo is a thoroughly boring movie. Literally nothing happens until at least the 2nd half besides some family drama and a whole heap of Hallmark Movie acting.

The big scary dog is quite menacing and the final act has some tension but overall, this movie is half baked. Some flatly shot action, coupled with a terribly cheesy score do nothing to save this film.

Not atrocious but not even halfway good either.
Should probably leave this one at the kennels.

In the VHS era of my youth, CUJO was my first taste of the forbidden fruit of R-rated films. I was ten. Buried under a pile of detritus at my neighbor's house sat a beaten, loved-to-death copy of CUJO belonging to her father, who was always either reading Stephen King novels or hard at work playing the original DOOM on their family computer. I smuggled the tape home despite warnings that it would terrify me and loved every moment of it. Looking back, it's not as frightening as I once thought, but it is every bit as engaging as when I first watched it more than fifteen years ago. "Nope. Nothing wrong here."

If I were in a worse mood I'd call some of the more melodramatic character elements "pretentious," but as is I'll just say they're a minor distraction from what has to rank as one of the all-time great movie monsters.

Fuck you dog.

This movie is bonkers on so many levels, but it's also got some good scares and pretty decent acting for a movie of this type. But constant kid scream-crying can be unbearable at times. It's no CHRISTINE, though.

Preferred the book

Slow-burn dog horror, yet I still get mad whenever is mean to the murderous beast. Don't hurt the poor puppy!

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I've never read Stephen King's book, so I'm going to assume that all the material that doesn't involve a rabid St. Bernard attacking a Pinto is handled a lot more compellingly than it is in the film adaptation. I really didn't care much at all about Dee Wallace's affair with a deranged love and really, really didn't care about her husband's travails in the sugar cereal industry. But the last half hour mostly achieves the Jaws effect it's looking for, as Wallace and her bad-actin' mophead son are pinned into a hot car with Cujo prowling around. Will address these matters further in a form of a review...

I love Stephen King and I love movies. Therefore the fact so much of my favourite authors work has been adapted into film should be awesome. However I've quickly learnt that most King adaptions are garbage.

Cujo falls squarely within the bad King adaptions. The titular dog does nothing for the first third of the movie, we just see an incredibly dull family potter around a bit. When Cujo finally does attack it's all kind of boring. It's not the worst King adaptions but's it is definitely in the top five.