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WARNER BROS./TAFT ENTERTAINMENT, 1983

If the cause of animal aggression is never explained in The Birds, in Cujo there is no mystery at all. Cujo is a beloved family pet, an affable Saint Bernard and close companion to young Brett Camber (Billy Jacoby). One day, Cujo chases a rabbit into a cave and is bitten on his nose by a rabid bat. Rabies doesn’t manifest immediately, and no one suspects the horror that is about to overcome the dog. Brett’s father is a mechanic who works on autos on his isolated rural property. The Trenton family, Donna and her husband, Vic (Dee Wallace and Daniel Hugh-Kelly), are having repeated car trouble—as well as infidelity issues. Donna visits the Cambers’ auto repair shop with her son Tad (Danny Pintauro), only to find that the family isn’t there, and Cujo has gone mad. The car fails completely, and mother and son are trapped in their Pinto, in danger of dehydration and heatstroke. Efforts at escape are ultimately successful, though not without unrelenting peril and suspense. The film is every bit as manipulative as The Birds, but with no distracting enigmas or ambiguity.

Cujo, a once gentle dog

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CUJO