Cujo [Blu-ray]

Cujo, an old classic thriller! It's a great movie to watch, if you can stomach a drooling bloody dog. Enjoy!

Great horror movie. The make up on dog is fantastic. The dog is most definitely the star of the movie. A must see for horror fans.

I have waited a looooooong time to see this film get the special treatment it deserved. For years, the only way I had to view this classic horror treat was on an old DVD release with cropped edges, horrible picture, and NO special features at all.....not to mention the ugliest DVD artwork ever for a Stephen King release.Lionsgate has now given us Cujo as it has never been seen on home video. I was blown away by how clear the picture is, and how vibrant the colors are. The old transfer just seemed washed out and faded. I watched this on my PS3, which upscales it to hi-def, and I never dreamed this film could ever look this good. I'm also glad that there was no effort to try to create a surround sound track for this film, since most of it takes place inside a car. You have the choice of watching it in the original mono, or a 2 channel stereo mix. While this is not a film I would choose to show off my surround system, it is very effective for what is happening on screen. Not only do we get treated to a remastered copy of the film, but Cujo also has some really good special features. The 3-part documentary runs about 45 min. total, and is very informative about the way the film was made. Both Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro take part in the documentary. The director, Lewis Teague, also provides a good commentary track. I only have two minor complaints: 1st, there is no trailer for Cujo and 2nd, with it being the 25th anniversary edition, I would rather have seen the artwork from the original movie poster as the cover. I'm not complaining too much about the artwork since it is a huge improvement over the previous version, I just think the poster with the white picket fence and the word "Cujo" in blood was a great poster.Bottom line: If you own the original DVD version of Cujo, put it in the doghouse. You will be glad you upgraded to this fantastic version of what I think is one of the best adaptations of Stephen King's work on film.2013 Blu ray UPDATE:I just got my new copy of Cujo in the mail, and thought I would add this to my previous DVD review.Of course, the one thing you want to know; is this worthy of a double dip?? Well, that depends on how much you like this movie. I'll break it down into a list of pros and cons, then you can make your own decision.PROS * FINALLY, we get cover art from the original movie poster. This packaging is AWESOME!!! Original artwork is also reflected on the disc itself. * New commentary from director Lewis Teague. This is a really entertaining track. * Sound seems to be remastered. * When I saw the video of the 25th anniv. of Cujo, I thought it couldn't get better. I have to admit that I was wrong. This is the best Cujo has ever looked!!! The HD transfer has obviously been remastered since the 25th anniv. edition. The picture looks gorgeous!!!! * On-screen menu also uses original poster artwork.CONS * No other extras included other than commentary * Price is a little high for a bare bones movie.BOTTOM LINE: In the case of the new 30th anniv. edition of this film, it really comes down to how much you're willing to pay for a new commentary track and some awesome artwork. If you do decide to double dip on this one, I would definitely save the previous 25th anniv. edition. That way you have the complete extra features.

Along with CAT'S EYE (1985), CUJO is the one movie that I tend to think about when I think about Stephen King cinema product. With all due respect to the creative Frank Darabont, I can't say that I personally was terribly moved by the movies THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION or the CGI-flooded THE MIST for that matter; maybe, eventually, Darabont will redeem himself with a competent adaptation of "The Monkey," but that remains to be seen. CUJO is helmed by the criminally underrated genre specialist Lewis Teague, who has given us many enjoyable genre spectaculars over the years (two of my favorites are FIGHTING BACK and ALLIGATOR, respectively).I, admittedly, have not read the novel that CUJO is based upon, but I saw this picture initially when I was only eight years old and I have not been right since. It not only turned me into a horror writer and genre/TV/speculative fiction enthusiast, but it also made me realize that the greatest horror tales are those that connect viewers with a fall from grace, something experienced by several characters in the film--and this is a theme that King himself has explored in much of his own fiction (and their subsequent motion picture adaptations). With a title that reeks of both tonal joy and rustic voodoo magic, CUJO represents the dark forces that are on the loose in nature, and paints an unimaginably cruel picture of fate that is not going to be for every taste. While the picture is unpleasant and undeniably eerie, it left such a bizarre and lasting (and also quite disturbing) impact on me that I can do nothing more than feel a sense of awe in its presence...even today, as an adult, this picture really does mess with my mind, and there is a definite creepy quality to it that can be explained in no other terms than that of the childhood nightmare come true! It is not only the dog's sad fate that alarmed me so, but also the fate of Donna and Tad Trenton, as each character in this story seemed poised for doom, with some type of otherworldly influence hanging over them in a story that can only be described as natural horror. Even though there were more than six dogs that starred in the film as the title character, I think each of them should have taken home an Oscar (I'm not kidding)--the dog's performance anchors the movie, and makes me feel a bit choked up in point of fact because today's movies would never take the time to get such a performance on camera as these filmmakers back then achieved (with apparent ease). This is what makes CUJO so special--it's a picture about animals, the cruelty of nature, and the stupid predicaments that human beings get themselves into almost with utter naiveté, and the brutality of punishment that must come forth whenever nature is out to get us. CUJO is a movie geared to make you feel uncomfortable, but that's part of its appeal as well. This isn't fast-paced out-and-out horror (compared to the extreme-fests that we get fed today), but if you regress into your childhood mind and watch the film without putting your critical hat on there is a really good chance that you'll find the movie intense, disturbing, and unforgettable. Dee Wallace is both sexy and off-putting in the role that solidified her position as a genre movie heavyweight, and I disagree with Stephen King that she should have gotten an Oscar nod for her efforts here because CUJO is of a quality that people who attend award ceremonies probably wouldn't understand. Those who know that Wallace is great here just, well, we just know! Although the project probably made King associated with the type of B-grade, TV-style low-budget thrillers that belie the later day respect he eventually achieved (with his more boring novels, such as DOLOROES CLAIBORNE), those of us who prefer genre cinema to "great" movies will always see it as the gem that it really is. This picture wasn't made by the politically correct, smile-for-the-cameras group that attend the Academy Awards and have a certain image that they want to sell to the public. This picture was made by hard-working folks who had a genuine love of gutter-sprung genre filmmaking and who didn't need the validation of Hollywood or intellectuals to tell them they'd done a good job. Teague's original audio commentary is great because he is so committed to the movie itself that awards and recognition almost have nothing to do with his original aspirations; I have always preferred B-movies over the more accepted refined productions because not only are genre films more fun they will also last a lot longer in the long run. Teague and his team have done a splendid job of practical filmmaking here, almost a lost art by today's computer driven standards.The CUJO 25th Anniversary disc is the one that fans will most likely want, since it has the three part documentary entitled DOG DAYS on its menu option in the extras. For my taste, this documentary did not go quite as in depth as it should have, even though we do hear from everyone (except, rather regrettably, King himself) and we do get an introduction about the novel itself from Douglas E. Winter. I think the insinuation of some archival footage into this documentary would have made it great, and some modern day perspective wouldn't have hurt either, with some entertainment journalists discussing the impact of the movie and even cultural counterparts like BEETHOVEN.The picture and sound quality on the disc, though, are quite good indeed, with a lot of the grain and color the same as it always appeared to be in the old full-screen TV prints that I watched years and years ago. CUJO is not a picture that needs to be "cleaned up" by modern day restoration tactics, and thankfully I was quite pleased with the image representation on this release.Now the Olive Films release from last year actually has a crisper, more tightly focused picture representation, but it's not a necessary purchase unless you want to pick up a Blu-Ray copy of this release as well. Director Teague does offer a NEW commentary track on the Olive release, and it is enjoyable listening, but it's probably not essential if you're trying to decide on buying (he mentions in this commentary, for instance, that King's book ON WRITING is as useful for screenwriters as it is for novelists...well duh!). Teague is fun to listen to for sure, but he doesn't encompass enough information about the financing of the movie and his own vision for B pictures in the way that someone like Larry Cohen does (for example).In the final verdict, the movie CUJO is a masterpiece of psychological fear that will probably not be well understood by the movie audiences of today, who are so plugged into cellular phones and Internet connections that the idea of being stranded on an old, desolate country farm without any communication hook up might seem silly or even (to them) impossible, I don't know. But if you are a fan of real psychological horror pictures, don't miss it! Teague and his crew do a great job of building up the scares and maximizing the shocks and revealing the fact that CUJO is, like all great scare stories, really a saddening tale at the center. And be warned that the movie is depressing and quite shocking, and certainly isn't for the young ones...and I'm saying that having been forever changed by the experience of watching it when I was eight or so. And I have never been the same since. A-

Excellent movie

Danke

El DVD es normalito, quiero decir que con la calidad estándar de estos DVD. Por otro lado, está la crítica de la propia película en sí misma. En pocas palabras, en mi humilde opinión la película es un clásico de culto; una obra maestra del cine que adapta muy bien una de las mejores historias de terror escritas por Stephen King, un autor muy conocido al que no le hace falta ninguna presentación. La película es de los ochenta y se nota esa factura, porque hoy en día poca gente sabría quiénes son los actores y las actrices que aparecen, pero no ha perdido ni un ápice de su horror intrínseco, de su capacidad para generar tensión, de su habilidad para sentir el miedo el miedo de los protagonistas. No es para verla a solas, de noche y con tormenta afuera... Si la gente de Hollywood intentara hacer una nueva versión de esta película, dudo que lograsen mejorar lo presente de ninguna manera. Un clásico es un clásico por un motivo. Por otro lado, siento lástima por Cujo y por lo que le pasó al pobre animalito. Me da mucha rabia... ;))) (¿Lo habéis pillado? Lo de "rabia"... je je je...) Perdón por el chiste malo. No dejéis de ver la película, pero eso sí, nunca a solas. Repito, nunca a solas...

Erano anni che aspettavo una buona edizione in bluray visto che il vecchio dvd era pessimo.. Film molto bello e di culto! Fondamentale per chi ama il genere horror!

Quel plaisir de revoir ce petit fleuron du film fantastique des années 80.Si vous n'êtes pas trop fragile du cœur vous pouvez y aller.Ce film réunit à la fois l'angoisse, le stress, l'inquiétude et le doute quant à la fin....L'interprétation de Dee Wallace est exceptionnelle et que dire de celle du Saint Bernard.La réalisation est une pure merveille.Je ne me lasse pas de ce petit chef d'oeuvre sans effets spéciaux.Quant au Blu Ray, alors soyez vigilants !!!N'achetez que le steelbock, que j'ai joins en photo pour ceux qui veulent une version française.Même si cette version est un peu mixée avec une plus récente.Mais les deux versions françaises sont assez proches.Le boitier est superbe....Amateurs de sensations nerveuses, foncez sur ce petit bijou.