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One of the most horrific scenes that I have ever seen in a horror film


Little Danny Pintauro screaming in the back seat of the car while watching his mother being viciously mauled within an inch of her life. Absolutely horrifying.



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I just happened to flip the tv back to that scene. :( Heartwrenching. I have two very small girls, and can only imagine what that would be like not to be able to stop the attacks or comfort your baby.

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the death of Sheriff Bannerman was pretty vicious as well

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sheriff bannerman? does he have a brother named kenny?



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Completely agree. I watched the DVD again last night, and this was a heart-stopping scene. Danny was a terrific actor in this movie; a lot of little kids come across as too precious or something, but he was natural and believable - which made this sequence truly wrenching.

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It would traumatize a kid for life....

the spinning camera scene directly following the attack is what I really liked.

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Little Danny Pintauro screaming in the back seat of the car while watching his mother being viciously mauled within an inch of her life. Absolutely horrifying.
Agree ... One of the most effective scenes I've watched. He did a fantastic job acting ... and I gotta give Dee Wallace Stone credit, too.



I'm reaching for the life within me. How can one man stop his ending. ~ Blue October

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Yes, the kid screaming in the car was probably the most horrifying scene in this movie. And also extremely annoying - which probably just added to the effectiveness of the scene.

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It was almost like watching a rape scene. I felt really bad during that scene.

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That was pretty frightening, I also thought the scene where she wakes up in the car and Cujo is just staring at her through the side window of the car to be very creepy.





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The last 30 or minutes are quite powerful.

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