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MorbidButterflyTat

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27. Handled well in Cujo?

Reply to Shermann (Reply #1)

Mon May 6, 2024, 01:39 PM

May 6

He was a rabid St. Bernard and killed several people before trapping and terrorizing Dee Wallace and her son in their broken down car for days.

PS. The book was worse.

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The number 1 rule in writing a novel is [View all] leftyladyfrommo May 5 OP

You can, but it has to be very respectful and dramatic. Shermann May 5 #1

Handled well in Cujo? MorbidButterflyTat May 6 #27

The point is that the killing of the dog wasn't gratuitous or senseless or for sport. Shermann May 6 #31

You would think someone along the way would have said "leave the dog kill out" Srkdqltr May 5 #2

In the movie, "The Bells of St. Mary's," there's a scene where a rich miser no_hypocrisy May 5 #3

that one made me cry. AllaN01Bear May 5 #6

And "The Wizard of Oz". You're destroyed watching Uncle Henry no_hypocrisy May 5 #8

Toto wasn't murdered MorbidButterflyTat May 6 #28

It's the prospect of murder. no_hypocrisy May 6 #30

Where the Red Fern Grows happybird May 5 #4

I never read that. I was afraid to. nt leftyladyfrommo May 5 #9

tee hee. AllaN01Bear May 5 #5

Except for dog stories. The dog has to die in the end. SarahD May 5 #7

Old Yeller and Bambi. nt leftyladyfrommo May 5 #10

Beat me to the Mme. Defarge May 5 #11

She is either tone deaf or didn't care. Irish_Dem May 5 #12

I vote for the first option. ShazzieB May 5 #13

Narcissists do not realize how they come across to others. Irish_Dem May 5 #14

Probably not the first dog she killed womanofthehills May 6 #23

In film and TV, Lassie made it from 1943 till today. surfered May 5 #15

At any given time . . . Richard D May 5 #16

After Turner and Hooch, Tom Hanks said frogmarch May 5 #17

Ha! Came here to say the same thing! birdographer May 5 #18

I refuse to watch or read anything PlutosHeart May 5 #19

In that case, PlutosHeart . . . Not Heidi May 6 #25

Weelllllll.... there is 'Cujo'. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 5 #20

John Wick approves this message... petronius May 5 #21

That's where I was going to go flying rabbit May 5 #22

Got to agree with you- k55f5r May 6 #24

LOL. Really, you want to alienate potential readers, write unpopular things bucolic_frolic May 6 #26

In horror movies, MorbidButterflyTat May 6 #29

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