Earlier in the year, Good Boy got announced and immediately filled my friend group with equal parts demand to see it immediately… and of course, dread. A horror film told from a dog’s perspective hooked us. Who wouldn’t want to see that? Well, I suppose, most people. Considering how things tend to go for dogs in horror films, why would anyone sign up to do this to themselves? Before I owned a dog, I was someone who could at least suffer through violence to animals in a film—if the horror film at least earned it through the narrative and filmmaking skill. Now I’m the kind of guy who checks the DoesTheDogDie website ahead of screenings or walking out when a film decides to treat a cat unkindly. With that in mind, Good Boy has loomed as both a delight and promise of a potentially clever twist
Supernatural thriller Good Boy does daring drama from a dog’s perspective

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