It's a trope of supernatural horror that pets will notice the unwelcome presence in the family home before their owners do — so why has the genre never taken full advantage of this trope to tell a story from this unique perspective? The 1996 film "Bad Moon," a now-forgotten flop both critically and commercially, was a story about a man's transformation into a werewolf told from his pet pooch's POV, although director Eric Red didn't do anything meaningful with the conceit to make this anything more than a gimmick. Dogs are known as man's best friend, after all, so grounding a ghost story in the emotional bond between pet and owner has long felt like low-hanging fruit for a director to take advantage of, not just briefly touch upon in a throwaway scene.

Ben Leonberg's directorial debut "Goo

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