Cujo (1983)

 

Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

From memory:  Competent, although not so inventive adaptation of the Stephen King novel comes up with the necessary thrills (and some gore), but offers not much more than that.

Halliwell (no star): ""Not much of a basis for a horror film, and this is not much of a horror film."

Maltin***: "Genuinely frightening...Builds slowly but surely to terrifying (but not gory) climax. Not for children."

Hush (1998)

A young bride becomes the emotional pawn of her controlling mother-in-law.

A standard and fully predictable plot with an unconvincing ending is hardly redeemed by good performances.  

Not really worth the second viewing...

Halliwell (no star): ""Dire, risible domestic melodrama with action and sex asides, from a rock bottom bestseller. It long outstays its welcome even for unintentinal hilarity."

Maltin *1/2: "Viewers could read a novel watching this "thriller" and still not miss anything. Lange appears to believe doing Blanche Dubois all over again."