‘Good Boy’ Review: A Sweet and Scary Horror Movie Told Entirely From the Dog’s Point of View

‘Good Boy’ Review: A Sweet and Scary Horror Movie Told Entirely from the Dog’s Point of View

What could have easily been a cheap gimmick instead provides the foundation for 'Good Boy,' one of the best horror films so far this year.

Good Boy: White-Knuckle Terror Through a Dog’s Gaze ★★★★ - Soundsphere magazine

In Good Boy, a haunted house story told through a dog’s eyes delivers one of the year’s most original and unsettling horror experiences. In the latest supernatural film from the U.S., man’s best friend becomes our guide into a haunted house his owner really, really shouldn’t have set foot in. Good Boy follows Idy, a loyal, bright-eyed Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, who travels with his ailing owner, Todd (Shane Jensen), to a wind-battered f…

'Good Boy' Review: An Oscar-Worthy Performance by a Very Good Boy

Indy in Ben Leonberg’s ‘GOOD BOY’ (Photo Courtesy of Ben Leonberg – AnIndependent Film Company and Shudder Release) Since the early 2000s, movies about ghosts have been a bit stale. Even when they’re good, as with The Conjuring or Insidious, they’re almost as played out as zombies. Until this year. Earlier this year, we got Presence, a ghost story from the ghost’s point of view. Well, now Good Boy is here to one-up it. Good Boy is a ghost movie …

Good Boy Review - A Bold, Brilliant, and Devastating Twist on Horror

Presence gave us horror from the perspective of a ghost. In a Violent Nature gave us horror from the perspective of an undead slasher. Now, Good Boy gives us horror through the perspective of a loyal and loving dog named Indy, and it’s perhaps the most effective twist on the genre we’ve seen in years. The trailer went viral, driving the internet to bombard their favorite search engine with questions like, “Does the dog die in Good Boy?” Spoiler …

Good Boy (Film Review)

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