With the notable exception of Kathy Bates taking home Best Actress for her fantastic work in “Misery,” Stephen King movies don’t win Oscars. But if King had his way, Dee Wallace would’ve at least been nominated for her work in “Cujo.” While speaking with Netflix, King talked about some of his favorite movies based on his work. “Oh, man… I like ‘Stand by Me,’ ‘Shawshank,’ ‘The Green Mile,'” he said, continuing: “I like ‘Misery’ a lot. The one that people don’t talk about a lot is ‘Cujo.’ And I always thought that movie didn’t get the attention it deserved. Certainly not for Dee Wallace, who should’ve got an Oscar nomination.”
Wallace definitely gets put through the wringer in “Cujo,” so it makes a certain amount of sense why King thinks she should’ve earned at least a nomination. But the Academy doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes to horror (“Silence of the Lambs” sweeping the awards aside), so it’s not surprising if they didn’t even consider Wallace. After all, “Cujo” wasn’t exactly Oscar bait — it was a low-budget horror movie about a giant killer dog. Still, there’s some satisfaction to be had in the fact that King likes the movie (even if he can’t really remember writing the source material).