Cujo is a Saint Bernard who is bitten by a rabid bat and contracts rabies himself.
Tad Trenton and his mom, Donna, are having car problems, and in the face of Dad walking out on them, the poor things have to take the car to the mechanic's, all by themselves. (If Mom hadn't been doing the handy man, that wouldn't have happened, but I digress.) The car stalls in the mechanic's front yard, the mechanic's gone, and there's no one there to greet them but Cujo.
I'm sorry, but a rabid dog, even under the conditions of isolation such as this movie presents, just...isn't scary. All the screaming that goes on is basically just the typical female victim in the typical female victim role in most poorly done movies. "Help! Help! I'm all by myself and I'm very very scared!" Ridiculous. Take a dog bite and kill the thing. The shots are painful, but you don't take the chance of your kid slipping into a COMA while you're doing it.
I found this movie rather pointless, and I, an avid Stephen King fan, found the book to be a bit worse.
On a bright note, I found Danny Pintauro's portrayal to be very convincing and realistic. No wonder he did so well as Jonathan on "Who's the Boss." Too bad he didn't have a story line to work with here. With his talent, this could have been a great movie.
It rates a 1/10 from...
the Fiend :.
Tad Trenton and his mom, Donna, are having car problems, and in the face of Dad walking out on them, the poor things have to take the car to the mechanic's, all by themselves. (If Mom hadn't been doing the handy man, that wouldn't have happened, but I digress.) The car stalls in the mechanic's front yard, the mechanic's gone, and there's no one there to greet them but Cujo.
I'm sorry, but a rabid dog, even under the conditions of isolation such as this movie presents, just...isn't scary. All the screaming that goes on is basically just the typical female victim in the typical female victim role in most poorly done movies. "Help! Help! I'm all by myself and I'm very very scared!" Ridiculous. Take a dog bite and kill the thing. The shots are painful, but you don't take the chance of your kid slipping into a COMA while you're doing it.
I found this movie rather pointless, and I, an avid Stephen King fan, found the book to be a bit worse.
On a bright note, I found Danny Pintauro's portrayal to be very convincing and realistic. No wonder he did so well as Jonathan on "Who's the Boss." Too bad he didn't have a story line to work with here. With his talent, this could have been a great movie.
It rates a 1/10 from...
the Fiend :.