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Good Boy



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 1h 12m
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre Tags: Horror, Thriller
Plot Summary: A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: A haunted house movie from the viewpoint of the dog, who is indeed a very good boy. The story is incredibly slight, but so is the runtime. It excels at putting you in the viewpoint and mindset of a very expressive dog who doesn't really understand what's going on, but really wants to help his human. He even has a dream sequence! If you like haunted houses and dogs, you could find worse ways to spend 80 minutes.


Outside Reviews:

Robert Daniels
3 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

There is a brief scene in "Good Boy," the ingenious canine horror film by Ben Leonberg, that takes us inside the mind of a dreaming dog. The four-legged friend is experiencing a nightmare, haunted by an aberration stalking him. The moment lasts for a few seconds, pulling us away from the human world into something secretive and unknowable. Though I wish this brisk 72-minute film did more to explore the perspective of its protagonist—Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever—the arresting sequence points to the temporary flights of imagination that make "Good Boy," a Shudder and IFC release, into a transportive work.