Before watching certain films, sensitive moviegoers will often prepare themselves by Googling, “Does the dog die?”
It’s so common a query that a whole website exists based on the phrase, meant to warn viewers of various potential triggers for entertainment media, particularly whether or not the adorable pet in any given film makes it to the end unscathed. But what if we asked instead: “Does the dog see dead people?”
An inventive new horror movie due in theaters later this fall flips the haunted house narrative on its head, telling its spooky tale not from the haunted homeowner’s perspective but rather their pet dog.
Ben Leonberg’s directorial debut Good Boy follows an adorable dog named Indy who witnesses otherworldly terrors tormenting his owner Todd (Shane Jensen) after they move