CUJO (1983 Theatrical Trailer)

This is the theatrical trailer for the 1983 horror feature "Cujo", adapted from Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name.
Directed by Lewis Teague ("Cat's Eye"), the movie was released through Warner Bros. Pictures and The Taft Entertainment Company sub label Sunn Classic Pictures (aka Taft International Pictures) on August 12, 1983.
Cujo, a friendly and easygoing St. Bernard, chases a wild rabbit and inserts his head into a cave, where a rabid bat bites him on the nose. The Trenton family-advertising executive Vic (Daniel Hugh-Kelly, "Hardcastle & McCormick), housewife Donna (Perennial horror movie heroine/victim Dee Wallace, "E.T.", "Critters"), and young son Tad (Danny Pintauro, "Who's the Boss?")-take their car to the rural home of abusive mechanic Joe Camber (Ed Lauter) for repairs, where they meet Cujo, the Camber family's pet, and get along well with him.
Vic and Donna's marriage is tested when Vic learns that Donna had been having an affair with her ex-boyfriend from high school, Steve Kemp (Christopher Stone, "The Howling", as well as Wallace's real life husband). The early signs of Cujo's infection start to appear, though no one notices. Joe's wife Charity (Kailauni Lee) and his son Brett (Billy Jacoby) decide to leave for a week to visit Charity's sister. The furious stage of Cujo's infection sets in. Cujo refrains from attacking Brett but goes completely mad and kills the Cambers' alcoholic neighbor Gary (Mills Watson). He then mauls Joe to death.
Vic goes out of town on a business trip as Donna and Tad return to the Cambers' house for more car repairs. Cujo tries to attack them, and they are forced to take shelter in their Ford Pinto. Donna tries to drive home, but the car's alternator dies and the two are trapped inside. The hot sun makes conditions unbearable, and Donna realizes that she must do something before they both die from heatstroke or dehydration.
Attempts at escape are foiled by Cujo repeatedly attacking the car, breaking a window, and biting Donna. Vic returns and finds Donna and Tad missing and his house vandalized by Kemp. Police realize his wife and son might be at the Cambers'. Local sheriff George Bannerman (Sandy Ward) goes but Cujo mauls him to death.
Donna attempts to get to the house to bring an overheated Tad water; she fights Cujo with a baseball bat until it breaks. Cujo jumps and is impaled in the stomach by the broken bat. Donna takes the sheriff's gun and contemplates shooting the dog, but decides saving Tad is more important. Cujo tries again to attack Donna but she manages to kill him before Vic arrives and reunites with his family.