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b"Day 4: Jim abandons his thesis that all Stephen King adaptations are great.\\n\\nStephen King created his most ubiquitous monster with Cujo, but the film adaptation hardly lives up to its character's legendary name. In this Hell to the King, Cinesthesia hosts Jason Michelitch and Jim Hickcox rip into Lewis Teague's 1983 adaptation that features an increasingly slimy dog played by dudes in St. Bernard suits and mechanical dogs; Jim imagines an alternate universe where Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' stars a lone bird without agency; Jason reflects on watching the film for the first time as a new father. \\n\\nCujo marks the beginning of a stark decline in quality and the turning point where King films became a Hollywood product. Listen to the episode for Jim and Jason's critique.\\n\\nJoin a filmmaker (and sometimes film teacher) and a film teacher (and sometimes filmmaker) as they venture into the dark heart of their own befuddled relationship to culture, the youth, the internet, friendship, love, hate, time, space and, of course: *m*o*v*i*e*s*. Come hear what we see."