Cujo

Cujo is the titular main antagonist of the Stephen King novel Cujo and film of the same name.

His vocal effects were provided by Frank Welker, who also voiced Reggie and Butch the Bulldog.

History
Cujo was once the beloved St. Bernard of the Camber family, but was bitten by a rabid bat in the nose when his head got stuck in a bat cave while chasing a rabbit (which was shown at the beginning of the movie).

Cujo then went mad with rabies and killed any person he came across including one of his own owners.

In the end of both the book and movie, Cujo was seemingly killed by Tad Trenton's mother, Donna (who also tried to save her son from dying of ), by being shot by the sheriff's gun. In the novel, he was killed after being hit by a baseball bat.

Cujo appears to have survived the and makes a cameo appearance in the 1985 film, Cat's Eye, where he is shown chasing the film's titular cat (Or it could be another dog of the same breed).

Personality
Cujo is given some more insight in the novel while the film portrays him as merely a dog gone made due to rabies. It is said in both versions that Cujo was friendly dog that loved to play with the local children. After being bitten by a bat and unknowingly infected, he was afraid his master would be mad and think he was a bad dog showing how much he thought of his owners and their opinions. Cujo, when infected, starts to slowly loose his mind to where he could no longer recognize even his owners (the young Brett Chambers) as human seeing them akin to actual monsters barely recognizing his voice and fights off the urge to kill the boy by leaving.

Based on Cujo's perspective he seemingly only identifies them through small descriptions in all caps like: "THE BOY" and "THE MAN" when thinking of them. As the book progresses we see that he does not kill for pleasure but due to some of their loud noises and other habits which intensifies his pain thus making him loose what little restraint he manages to retain. Cujo wants to be left alone after being infected to the point he is willing to kill those around him if needed. As his mind continues to deteriorate Cujo becomes more violent and insane from the pain and starts to believe it is the people around him causing him to be sick. All in all Cujo is not a creature that seeks to harm others in fact the book ends making it clear that Cujo himself only ever wanted to be a good dog who after his infection due and it driving him crazy was no longer in full control of his actions.

Victims

 * Gary Pervier: Neck bitten out.
 * Joe Cambers: Face eaten.
 * George Bannerman: Knocked off of catwalk and mauled.
 * Tad Trenton (novel only): Sunstroke from being trapped in car.