10 Stephen King Film Remakes Needed To Erase The Terrible Originals

8. Cujo

This one is probably difficult for a lot of you, as well... but less because of this movie being viewed with rose-tinted glasses and more because it rips apart the hearts of dog lovers everywhere. Though despite a few effective sequences, namely the dog attack on the car, the film is actually surprisingly boring. Worse yet, it comes across as cheaply made with uninspired direction. There really isn't any grand allegory behind this film, but the story itself preys on the worst nightmares of pet owners everywhere. It's a disturbing enough prospect to lose your pet, but it's another to lose it to an uncontrollable rage and desire to kill that overwhelms the poor pooch. Cujo might have the makings of a creature feature, but it could be a horror movie of a different breed (sorry). It's a very tricky prospect to give character depth to the dog and document his descent into madness, but it most certainly can be done. And large part of that is making care about the human characters and really explore their grief and shock. It might be going out on a limb here, but it'd be very interesting to see someone like Jeff Nichols give this a go. It might seem "beneath" him, but he has a knack for perfectly capturing familial troubles in the face of grander events. Not to mention the fact that he can build tension with the best of them.