What is stephen king cujo?

  • Cujo is a novel written by Stephen King, published in 1981.
  • The book tells the story of a rabid St. Bernard dog named Cujo, who terrorizes a small town in Maine and attacks multiple humans, including a woman and her young son who are trapped in their car during a heat wave.
  • The novel deals with themes of isolation, domestic violence, and the unpredictability of nature.
  • Cujo was adapted into a film in 1983, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro.
  • Stephen King has named Cujo as one of his scariest novels, and has said that he doesn't remember writing some of the most intense scenes due to his own struggles with addiction at the time.