
Once, a year ago, Vic took his car to Joe Camber, a local mechanic with a place in the more rural area of Castle Rock, and was happy with his service. This trip happens to come four days after Vic learns of his wife's affair.ĭonna's blue Pinto is having carburetor trouble. Roger has decided they should go on a two week long trip to gather the information they need to create a new campaign that will repair the damage. Now, in the midst of this scandal, Vic and Roger think they are going to lose this client and cause them to lose the majority of their income. This debacle is made worse by the fact that AdWorx's most popular commercial for Sharp Cereal is an ad in which a man, the Cereal Professor, tells viewers that there is nothing wrong with the cereal. Their largest client, Sharp Cereals, has recently had a public debacle when a bad batch of food dye in their newest cereal caused a number of children to appear to be bleeding internally. Vic and his partner, Roger, are struggling to keep their advertising business, AdWorx, from going under. Unfortunately, Donna's lover is not happy with the end of their relationship and he has written a note for Vic making it clear that there was an affair. In truth, Donna has been having an affair with a local man, Steve Kemp, but she has recently ended it. The only thing that allows Tad to sleep peacefully through the night are the Monster Words, a litany that Tad's father has created to keep monsters away.ĭonna and Vic Trenton, Tad's parents, have not been getting along. Despite the reassuring words of his parents, Tad is certain that a monster with red eyes is hiding in the closet. Tad Trenton thinks there is a monster in his closet.

Cujo is a fairy tale for adults, one with so many unthinkable but altogether possible coincidences, which will give any parent enough nightmares to last a lifetime.


At the height of Cujo's illness, a woman brings her child to Cujo's home, which happens to also be the location of a remote car repair shop, and where she finds herself stranded in a no longer functioning vehicle. Cujo's illness goes unnoticed by his owners, who are embroiled in their own drama, allowing the illness to progress to the point that Cujo turns from a gentle, loving dog into a horrifying killer. Cujo is a family dog who is bitten by a rabid bat. Cujo is a novel by bestselling horror author Stephen King.
