Movies and TvShows featuring "encephalitis" theme.

In the small town of Castle Rock, a friendly St. Bernard named Cujo contracts rabies and becomes a vicious killer while trapping a mother and her son in their car.

Brain on Fire tells the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist who suddenly begins experiencing seizures and hallucinations. As her condition worsens, she searches for answers and faces a misdiagnosis before finally discovering she has a rare autoimmune disease. With the support of her family and doctors, she fights to regain control of her life.

The sore and tender hearts of a young couple with a toddler are explored in this drama. The little girl, four years old, is not aware that she is doing anything distressing while she ambles about the house on the day after a post-examination celebration by her father, a university student. Even though hung over, he tries hard to be patient with her. The beginning of the story follows her on her little adventures. The girl comes down with a fever, which kills her before anything can be done, and the student and his photographer wife mourn and comfort one another. Little encounters with children cause the mother pain she is seldom free of, until she gives birth to their next child, a son.