cujo be a giant and lovable and gentle and affectionate st. bernard own by the camber family and during the opening sequence cujo chase a rabbit over field and through a local wood somewhere in castle rock and maine . the rabbit disappear into a burrow and cujo stick his head into the entrance hole . the rabbit vanishes from cujo sight and angry cujo start to bark and in do so inadvertently wake up and annoy a colony of bat and one of which bite him on the nose . donna trenton ( dee wallace stone a dee wallace ) be have an affair with steve kemp ( christopher stone and dee wallace real life husband ) which her husband vic ( daniel hugh kelly ) who work in advertising and discovers . obviously their relationship becomes strain . happily oblivious to all of this be their young son tad ( danny pintauro ) . joe camber ( ed lauter ) fix car for a live out of his barn on his farmhouse . joe be plan a guys weekend with one of his friend gary pervier ( mill watson ) when his wife charity ( kaiulani lee ) win $ 5 and 000 on the lottery and decide to take their young boy brett ( billy jayne a billy jacoby ) with her on a trip to see her parent . arrive at gary house to pick him up joe find him dead on the floor and he go into the kitchen to call for help and his dog cujo who be now rabid attack and kill him . donna and tad drive to the camber farmhouse to try and get her car repair . the place be desert except for cujo who be now completely rabid and foam at the mouth and his fur stain red with blood and madden by pain . cujo attack the car to try and get at donna and tad and luckily for them the window hold firm and at least for the time be anyway . donna try to start the car but it have completely break down and they be both trap with nothing but the hope that someone will come and rescue them . cujo lie in wait and ready to attack and kill anyone who cross his path . direct by lewis teague i think the film be a bit slow for my taste . the first half plod along and the second half build up a head of steam but i still felt it be a little underwhelming and unexciting . the acting be fine by everyone involve and i have no complaint there . technically the film be ok and photography and music and special effect and edit and it generally well make . the big problem be the script by don carlos dunaway and lauren currier and in particular it first half and most of which appear to be pad to stretch the run time out . clock in at just under the 90 minute mark it felt longer . it also a little predictable a well . cujo a a monster never really scar me either and i just do not find slobber overweight st. bernard scary i guess . i suppose there nothing really wrong with it and but i do not think i would be in a hurry to see it again . average and not too bad if you can find a copy go cheap or catch it on t. v. for free .