In the book Cujo and the movie version of it there are major similarities with each other. There are also some differences. I'm going to tell you about how the director of Cujo, Lewis Teague, abandoned and kept pieces of the book Cujo , by Stephen King, also what liberties he took with the script. The Director, Lewis Teague, stayed true to the story by having the same characters. Also he kept Cujo with the same description. But sadly he did not add how Cujo was walking languidly appearing from the garage. Instead he adds a jump scare, or a scaring you all at once. He also took away how Donna hits herself with the fender and other times she hurt herself. He also abandons how Cujo rams head first at Donna's side first, in replacement he made