EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has made a deal to turn the Stephen King bestselling novel Cujo into a new feature ... son from a formerly friendly 200-pound St. Bernard that has been bitten by a rabid bat ...

This isn't the first time Cujo has been adapted for the screen ... The story centres around a friendly St Bernard who, after being bitten by a rabid bat, transforms into a relentless killer.

The 1981 novel of the same name told of a lovable St. Bernard named Cujo who, after being bitten by a bat, becomes a mouth-foaming killer. The central focus of a mother and her seizure-prone son ...