Day #2.d
Cujo
(1983)
A rabid dog turns a nightmare into a reality for a mother and her young son.
Fright factor:
1 / 5 Rabid Animals
Gore Factor:
2 / 5 Dirty Dogs
Should you watch it?
For the longest time I’ve wondered how on Earth this movie worked. The whole “a dog gets rabies” premise really doesn’t seem substantial enough to warrant a full movie’s worth of material, right? Turns out this assumption was entirely correct! I’d say over 60% of this movie is just padded out set-up, and the rest they manage to milk by having the lady and her kid get trapped by Cujo when their car dies outside his rural abode.
If you’re already afraid of dogs this one might freak you out a bit, I suppose. But for me? Any horror there could have been was lost in the sheer volume of coincidences that the writers had to pile on top of each other to make this set-up work.
Not to mention the fact that even with all the makeup they still couldn't stop the dog playing Cujo from looking like a big ol’ floppy pile of cuddles.
“It’s not a monster. It’s just a doggy.”
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