

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Practical Effects
Five St. Bernards + one mechanical head = genuinely terrifying dog
Acting
Dee Wallace's car-bound breakdown should've won everything

Director
Lewis Teague
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The mechanical Cujo head frequently malfunctioned in water, leading to genuine frustration shots that look like real dog rage. Method acting for machines.
This film helped kill the St. Bernard breed's popularity—after Beethoven and before this, they were family movie staples. Thanks, rabies.