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    Cujo (1983)

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    Castle Rock, Maine is a sleepy New England town. A place where families can live in peace.

    But today Cujo, a full-grown St Bernard, isn’t feeling peaceful. The bite on his nose is infected and he has developed a violent fear of water as well as a vicious temper.

    cujo3And now one Castle Rock family has something more than a broken down car to worry about – a 200lb rabid monster whose one purpose in life is to rip them apart.

    The car siege should be a harrowing ordeal, but director Lewis Teague barks up the wrong tree by focusing earlier on Danny Pintauro’s fear of the dark and subsequent phobic attacks.

    The suspense becomes laughably static, despite all the visual trickery thrown in to generate an interest that manifestly fails to materialise.

    Add this to the list of Stephen King movie adaptations that failed to ignite the screen.

    Donna Trenton
    Dee Wallace Stone
    Tad Trenton
    Danny Pintauro
    Vic Trenton
    Daniel Hugh-Kelly
    Steve Kemp
    Christopher Stone
    Joe Camber
    Ed Lauter
    Charity Camber
    Kaiulani Lee
    Brett Camber
    Billy Jayne
    Gary Pervier
    Mills Watson

    Director
    Lewis Teague

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