i be write this with 10 minute leave before the film finish . i feel comfortable write it now and because unfortunately i know exactly how this film be go to end . the premise be simple enough and rabid dog on the loose in a small town and kill people . great simple plot for a good fun camp 80 horror . uhh . no . the main problem be this be base on a book ( stephen king ) and you can tell that be should not have really be adapt to film and at least not with the same plot . why . cuz it boring . the first 45 minute try to build depth to it main character and create suspense . it however last too long ( half the film . ) the character be unlikeable and we never care for them anyway and and it just about creates zero suspense . the easy film ( accord to plot and time ) to compare this to it the classic jaw . everything that jaw do right and cujo do wrong . jaw create good character and a genuine feeling of dread . cujo do neither . jaw effectively create a scary and creepy villain in it shark . cujo have a dirty st bernard run about growling and jumping and and not a lot else . jaw be excite and unpredictable . cujo be a tireless bore that remain predictable right to the end . also confuse be the plethora of subplots that just act a boring red herring to the film main plot . if this film be rewrite for the big screen and have a good director this could have be good . but it wasn not . it be a waste of 90 minute of my life . people on here be say this be one of the best king adaptation im sorry you could not be more wrong . the mist be a hundred time well and thinner be 10 time well and even the one with the cat be twice as good . this in my opinion be one of the bad . the only good thing be the action scene with the dog look real and even though they be dull . film end now and and it do not get any good . avoid .