don not get me wrong and i love stephen king . and this be a pretty good movie over all . the rabid cujo be very scary and the movie be suspenseful . but after the first few minute that poor donna and her little son tad be hold captive in their pinto by the rabid st. bernard and i begin to wonder why she do not do something to help herself . she could have stick her foot out the door and push the car backwards ( i mean and it be a pinto for pete sake and they be on a downhill incline ) and roll to safety and but then it would have be a very short movie . when she get the car start and do she pop it into reverse and hope that she could get at least get part way down the driveway . no and she try to make a three point turn in a car with a bad alternator . she do manage to get out of the car and look around for 45 second or so at one point to try and get to a baseball bat that be lie on the ground nearby what a waste of time . i mean and if youre go to make a run for the bat and do it and at least you will have something to hit the dog with . but and forget the bat . be there no tool in the car and like a tire iron or something . i do not see her look in the spare tire well of the car . really and why wait until youre bitten and weak from dehydration and your son be have seizure before you make a stand against the animal . at the end of the movie she be batter and torn and but by god she be still wear high heel .