Someone or something is watching, waiting. The camera makes slow pans back and forth h ighlighting the isolation with some point of view shots to show that they aren't alone. Donna and Tad arrive at the farmhouse and it's eerily silent. The initial attack on the Trenton family car proves his point. In a 1985 interview with Monsterland Magazine King was asked his thoughts on the transformation of Cujo to which he replied, "It's one of the scariest things you'll ever see. Navigating through her loveless marriage there is a subtle exasperation in her forced smiles and awkward postures but when Cujo begins to attack her car she exudes an extraordinary amount of strength as she does her best to shield her fears whilst protecting her child. Based on the evidence on screen it is hard to argue against that point. Recently he reiterated this point in an interview on the Kingcast podcast where he went as far as to claim that she should have won an Oscar. Stephen King has gone on record time and time again stating how he believes she gives the best performance by any actor to appear in any adaptation of his work. The most cynical of critics would look down at this but in reality it is a testament to her trademark warmth and naturalism which has shone throughout her career, particularly with this film. With maternal roles in the likes of ‘The Hills Have Eyes’, ‘E.T.’ and ‘Critters’, Dee Wallace has been somewhat typecast as the go to movie mom from the late 70's right up to the early 90's.
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