Dogs’ eyes are powerful things. You might not want to give dog your cheese. But after one blast of those big, round, shiny orbs of quiet pleading, it’s highly likely dog will soon be munching on a lovely cheesy treat.

Director Ben Leonberg clearly understands the power of dogs’ eyes. He uses them to intense visual and emotional effect in his feature debut, which brings a fresh gimmick to the horror genre: it’s all experienced from the perspective of a hound, played by his own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, named Indy. In one memorable scene, Leonberg even delivers a superbly creepy jump-scare via a reflected image in an extreme close-up of one of Indy’s eyes. Now that never happened in Scooby-Doo.

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