Good Boy Review: Ben Leonberg's Canine Horror Is Eerie, Tender & Unconventional
This film is an audacious debut: flawed, tender, and quietly terrifying. Part haunted-house fable, part elegy for dying masters and loyal pets, Leonberg’s idea sometimes outpaces his execution, but the film lingers like a faithful dog at the door.
Cast: Shane Jensen, Larry Fessenden, Areille Friedman, Stuart Rudin
Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy is that rare horror film where the scariest thing isn’t the ghost but the dog’s unwavering gaze. Told almost entirely from the viewpoint of Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever with the moral gravity of a monk and the eyes of a philosopher, this indie chiller is equal parts experiment and elegy.
Leonberg’s conceit, to shoot the story from a dog’s perspective, sounds gimmicky, yet it yields startling emotional resonance.
Through Indy’s anxious eyes, the mundane becomes menacing, and a dying master’s final days turn into a meditation on loyalty and loss. Still, beneath its canine curiosity lies a film wrestling with itself.
Author's summary: A horror film told from a dog's perspective, exploring loyalty and loss.
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