Cujo

Cujo

Now there's a new name for terror...

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

8/10/1983

Runtime

93 mins

Overview

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$21,200,000

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A once-beloved family pet becomes a relentless engine of terror, trapping a woman and child in a car as a St. Bernard infected with rabies stalks them. It's a primal survival story that transforms the ordinary into nightmare.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseClaustrophobicBleak

Themes

SurvivalNatureIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Single location

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Graphic violenceAnimal harm

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