Cujo (2015 Film)

Cujo is the 2015 spoof (and fake) animation remake of the 1983 live-action film based on the Stephen King novel. The movie was produced by Republic Pictures & Blumhouse Productions, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by David Gordon Green and screenplay by Brian Duffield.

Plot
Cujo, a friendly and easygoing St. Bernard, chases a wild rabbit and inserts his head into a cave, where a rabid bat bites his nose. Meanwhile, the Trenton family — advertising executive Vic, housewife Donna and their sensitive young son Tad — take their car to the rural home of abusive mechanic Joe Camber for some repairs, where they meet Cujo, who is the Camber family's pet.

Donna notices Cujo's bitten nose but thinks little of it. Later, Vic and Donna's marriage is tested when Vic learns that Donna is having an affair with her ex-boyfriend from high school, Steve Kemp, while Vic's advertising for a cereal commercial is failing. Charity and Brett, Joe's wife and son leave the house for a week to visit Charity's sister Holly. When the bite infection drives Cujo mad, he kills their alcoholic neighbor, Gary Pervier, and its owner Joe (who is attacked before he can call authorities).

Vic goes out of town on a business trip, as Donna and Tad return to the Camber's house for more car repairs. Cujo attacks them, and they take shelter in their Ford Pinto. Donna tries to drive home, but the car's alternator dies and the two are trapped inside. The hot sun makes conditions nearly unbearable, and Donna realizes that she must do something before they both die from heatstroke or dehydration. However, attempts at escape are foiled by Cujo's repeated attacks. Vic returns home to rekindle his marriage, only to find Donna and Tad missing and his house vandalized by Kemp. He suspects the possessive Kemp of kidnapping, but the police realize his wife and son might be at the Cambers' house.

The local sheriff, George Bannerman, arrives at the house and has a brief standoff; before he can draw his gun, Cujo kills him, knocking him off the catwalk in the barn and mauling him to death. Meanwhile, Donna takes advantage of a momentary distraction and hits Cujo with a metal baseball bat several times, killing him. Also Donna breaks the rear car window, retrieves Tad, who is dehydrated and overheated. As Donna revives Tad in the house, Cujo, now recovered, breaks through the kitchen window and tries to kill them. but Vic shoots Cujo dead and reunites with his family, taking them to the hospital. Later, when Charity & Brett arrived from Holly's house, Cujo revived and begins to maul against them, only it cuts to black while they screamed in terror.

Cast

 * Brea Grant as Donna Trenton
 * Owen Bento as Tad Trenton (Bento debut his film role)
 * Kevin Pereira as Vic Trenton
 * Scott Caan as Steve Kemp
 * John Krasinski as Joe Camber
 * Lena Headey as Charity Camber
 * Max Burkholder as Brett Camber
 * Aaron Yoo as Gary Pervier
 * Derek Mears as Masen
 * Clancy Brown as Sheriff George Bannerman
 * Christian Stolte as Roger Breakstone
 * Rooney Mara as Claire (anchorwoman)
 * Katee Sackhoff as Holly

Post Production
Skywalker Sound

Trivia

 * This film has recorded in Ultrasound System (A Dolby Company)

Release
Cujo (2015) has released in theaters in USA on November 13, 2015 by Paramount Pictures.