Cujo (1983)
Now, there's a new name for terror.
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Cujo rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.1/10· 55K votes
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Metacritic57%
TMDb6.174/10· 1K votesWith 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Cujo
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Cast of Cujo
Dee Wallace
as Donna Trenton
Danny Pintauro
as Tad Trenton
Daniel Hugh Kelly
as Vic Trenton
Christopher Stone
as Steve Kemp
Ed Lauter
as Joe Camber
Kaiulani Lee
as Charity Camber
Billy Jayne
as Brett Camber
Mills Watson
as Gary Pervier
Sandy Ward
as Bannerman
Jerry Hardin
as Masen
Merritt Olsen
as Professor
Frank Welker
as Cujo (voice; uncredited)
Cujo facts
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $21.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Animal horror creates visceral tension through rabid threat
- •Animal attack sequences deliver intense survival horror
- •Stephen King adaptation maintains horror atmosphere effectively
What the audience disliked
- •Pacing feels slow for confined survival setup
- •Character arcs become secondary to creature feature spectacle
Trailer
Where to watch Cujo(US)
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