Good Boy (2025)
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A loyal dog must navigate a haunted rural home to protect his owner from a supernatural presence.
The story
After moving from New York City to a rural, uninhabited home in the woods, a man named Todd, who suffers from a chronic lung disease, finds himself haunted by a supernatural presence. His dog, Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, is the only one who senses the danger. As Todd's health rapidly declines and his isolation grows, Indy must navigate the eerie environment and the looming threat of a dark entity. The story is told primarily from the dog's perspective, emphasizing his actions and instincts as he tries to protect his owner in a house that holds a dark history.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, moves with his owner Todd to a rural home in the woods. Todd suffers from a chronic lung disease, and his sister, Vera, fears the house is haunted. Indy senses a dark, skeletal figure and encounters a ghost of a dog named Bandit. While Todd's health fails and he becomes aggressive, Indy faces the entity. One night, the entity separates the two of them. Indy escapes a fox snare and finds Bandit's skeleton in the cellar. In the bedroom, the entity approaches Todd. Indy reaches him just as Todd realizes he has died and is dragged into a dark tunnel. The next morning, Vera finds Todd's body and Indy alone at the cellar entrance. The film ends with Indy in a car with Vera, hearing a ghostly whistle from the tunnel.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 73
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Ben Leonberg
- Writers
- Alex Cannon · writer; Ben Leonberg · writer
- Cast and characters
- Indy · himself; Shane Jensen · Todd; Arielle Friedman · Vera; Larry Fessenden · Todd's grandfather; Stuart Rudin · Richard; Max · Bandit; Anya Krawcheck · Todd's doctor
- Genres
- supernatural horror
- Themes
- loyalty; man vs. supernatural
- Tone and mood
- haunting; suspenseful; creeping dread
- Setting
- A rural, uninhabited woodland home in the woods.
- Premise and plot tags
- haunted house; dog's point of view
- Content notes
- horror
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews, praised for its technical craftsmanship and the lead dog's performance, though some critics found the narrative and pacing to be flawed.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 90% · scale: percentage · review count: 189; Metacritic · score: 73 · scale: 100 · review count: 23
- Awards and nominations
- Astra Award · Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller · win
- Production trivia
- The film was shot over a three-year period.; The production used a stuffed replica of Indy named 'Findy' as a stand-in.; The film's poster and trailer achieved the largest reach in the Independent Film Company's history.
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