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Stephen Kingcast

Episode 39-Lewis Teague's Cujo (1983)

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Books, Arts:books, Arts, Tv & Film

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this week's review of the Stephen Kingcast, we launch into a review of the adaptation of Cujo! Is it as brutally depressing as the novel? Find out! As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com Check out bonus material, early episodes and reviews of all things pop culture over at patreon.com/stephenkingcast

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.

0:04.9

Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and the chronological order of publication, but today I turn my attention to the movies as I examine 1983's adaptation of man's best friend turned evil, Cujo.

0:20.3

So as you know, I reviewed, or maybe you don't know, I don't know, I don't know if you

0:23.7

listened to last week or not, but if this is your first time tuning in, thanks for tuning

0:27.0

in.

0:27.3

Welcome to the Stephen Kingcast.

0:29.5

And if you tuned in last week, you'll know that my review of Kujo, the novel, was not

0:37.4

the most positive of reviews. You know, please note that

0:42.0

when Stephen King wrote it, he was very much under the influence and does not remember

0:46.5

writing the novel. And with that said, the fact that he was able to write a novel under the influence is a real testament to his abilities as a writer.

0:57.9

But at the same time, I think there are some major flaws in the novel.

1:01.8

I think that it's just a very, very dark book.

1:04.6

So I wasn't really looking forward to watching the movie again.

1:09.2

And this is just so you know, I'm recording it the same week that I recorded the Firestarter movie again. And this is just so you know,

1:12.1

I'm recording it the same week that I recorded the Fire Starter movie

1:14.8

at review,

1:16.6

a movie that I

1:17.8

didn't really like,

1:20.8

to say the least.

1:23.6

So I wasn't, like I said,

1:26.5

really looking forward to this,

1:27.4

but, you know, I mean, I was pleasantly surprised. So I'm just, like I said, really looking forward to this.

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