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- Nov 11, 2024
A lot of elements of the Cujo book make very little sense if you haven't done the required reading of The Shining to understand what the Shine is and why the boy is apparently psychic, The Dead Zone and Castle Rock to know who the hell Frank Dodd is and why he's so important to the story. It's seemingly implied that he's possessing the dog and making him kill people, but also the dog is just rabid and acting like a rabid animal. There's presumably further reading required to understand the supernatural things that occur that also go unexplained in the book itself.Cujo is a great film though, don't remember the book enough.
I haven't read a lot of King's work but I've read enough to be convinced that he's massively overrated.
Also the kid dies in the hot car at the end and there's no happy ending, which was changed for the movie for obvious reasons