Does the dog die?
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Cujo
Movie • 1983 • Horror
ReportA friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
This movie contains 28 potentially triggering events.
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madliv
TL;DR: The dog is shot at the end of the movie. (Fun facts about filming at the end!) In the opening scene Cujo is bit on the nose by a bat and whimpers and yelps. From this, he contracts rabies and starts behaving abnormally. He whimpers at loud noises and is seen with foam at the mouth and blood on his face. He begins to attack people and they try to fight back with fists, bricks, and baseball bats. Cujo performs several impressive stunts like ramming his head into a car and jumping through windows. At the end of the film, he is beaten with a baseball bat and seemingly stabbed with its broken handle before ultimately being shot. BUT some fun facts about filming that might make this easier to watch!! There were several dog actors on set, and they all did such a good job! Filmmakers had to take care not to get their wagging tails in the shot since they were so excited to be there! In the scene where Cujo was trying to get in the car, they put the dog’s favorite toys inside to get those shots! And the foam coming from his mouth was egg white (which is healthy for dogs to eat), and they couldn’t stop licking at it since it was so yummy! Lastly, of course, in the shots where Cujo was attacking or performing dangerous stunts (close ups and ramming his head into the car), a man in a dog suit or a mechanical dog head was used.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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A boy had to leave his sick rabid dog behind when his mother and he had to leave his abusive father.
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Is someone stalked?
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TheDreammweaver
The main characters are stalked by a rabid dog.
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Joe the mechanic is abusive to his wife.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Rottweilers were painted and the dogs had their tails tied down.
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The dog dies.
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Are animals abused?
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Cujo gets hurt badly by the humans before dying
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Not harmed but very scared whilst chased by Cujo, shown at the beginning of the film.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The little boy has several episodes where he struggles to breathe.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Tad has some kind of fit where his eyes are rolled back in his head and he struggles to breathe/is unresponsive.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Cujo is stabbed by a broken piece of a baseball bat.
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Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
In the book, not the movie.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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TheDreammweaver
People are sort of held hostage by a dog but not kidnapped.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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PeachyBaby
The child's baseball bat is later wielded as a weapon and is broken, but otherwise no beloved or sentimental toys are broken.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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There's minor jumpscares, but none too bad.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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PeachyBaby
We are briefly shown a creek in the beginning with a log thrown across it where the rabbit runs into it whilst Cujo is pursuing.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Cujo poops on the floor.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Significant chunk of the movie is set inside a locked car.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does a baby cry?
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There is a LOT of a young child screaming and crying.
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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PeachyBaby
Casually implied to the child son that his reasons for crying are silly. Definitely heavily implied to be poking at him that he Shouldn't be crying.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Barkley824
not as sad as the book, but still sad
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Fairly bloody dog attacks, including a dead man with an obvious throat injury. Killer dog is covered in blood for a large chunk of the movie.
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Is there gun violence?
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Lavenderfrost
Dog gets shot
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