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Good Boy is narrated from the perspective of Indie, a dog who is trying to protect his owner, Todd, from a dark, malevolent presence haunting their remote cabin. The film’s premise might seem like a late-night joke or a whimsical idea—what if a dog was the hero in a horror narrative? Yet, Leonberg’s execution is both clever and compelling.
The film masterfully combines a unique narrative perspective with tense storytelling, atmospheric direction, and expressive animal acting. The lead dog, Indie, is portrayed using his own pet, a decision that involved hundreds of days of dedicated work. This approach resulted in a performance that arguably surpasses that of many human actors in Hollywood, capturing nuanced emotions without a single word of dialogue.