Review: Sit, Stay, Scare! An Adorable Dog Stars in Mild Haunted House Horror ‘Good Boy’

‘Good Boy’ Fetches A Top IFC Opening As Canine Star Emotes Fear, Suspense Better Than Many Actors, Says Scott Shooman – Specialty Box Office

Haunted house horror ‘Good Boy’ and its canine star hit the weekend top ten, a standout for IFC and the indie film box office.

Review: Sit, stay, scare! An adorable dog stars in mild haunted house horror ‘Good Boy’

The lead of the horror-tinged heart-tugger “Good Boy” is a copper-colored retriever named Indy who pads around an eerie house deep in the New Jersey woods investigating its mysterious creaks, shadows and smells. Like the Method-style actors of “The Blair Witch Project,” he goes by his real name onscreen. An ordinary dog without a whiff of Hollywood hokum, Indy doesn’t do implausible stunts like Lassie or Rin Tin Tin or comprehend anything that h…

Good Boy - Spectrum Culture

Good Boy has a winning premise: what if a horror movie were told completely from a dog’s point of view? The film’s director, Ben Leonberg, got the idea after rewatching Poltergeist when he realized how engaging and effective it was whenever the family’s golden retriever noticed something wrong before its owners did, barking at entities only it could see and smell. Expanding on that concept is the central gimmick of the film and how it was accomp…

Move Over 'Good Boy,' the 'OBEX' Trailer Introduces us to Horror's Next Best Dog

Are we currently in an era of dog horror? Of course, it’s presently Good Boy taking the world by storm. With a wide-release and sensational marketing campaign (including a fun PSA clarifying the status of star, Indy), we’re likely poised to see much more canine horror in the future. And who could blame the studios? In our Good Boy review, we wrote, “Don’t let the gimmick fool you; Good Boy is primed to be one of the most chilling movies of 2025.…