Trust his instincts.
A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.
Horrorsupernaturalhuman animal relationshiphaunted houseterminal illnesswoodsevil spiritcursedogdeathghostfound footagefamily curse
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- Deanon TMDB · Oct 20257/10
I loved it. It's a unique movie, and Indy (dog) deserves an Oscar for acting so well in this movie.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Chandler Danieron TMDB · Nov 20256/10
I closed my eyes and drifted off a few times during some events that happen in this film. These events happen a lot and it gets repetitive but also allows you to wake up at the crescendo and then continue to watch the dog do stuff. It's a cool dog. The first time the dog whined my dog was very interested in what was going on. By the end of the movie she didn't care at all. We were on the same page.
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Nov 20256/10
Maybe if you’re a dog lover you might get more from this. I’m not, so was frankly fairly unimpressed with this cabin in the woods style of spook-fest. It is told with a few overlapping timelines, but quickly we can deduce that “Todd” (Shane Jensen) - whose face we hardly see throughout this seventy minuter - is not a well man. He has moved to his late grandfathers’s rustic home with his loyal dog “Indy” but before long it is the dog that has it’s sixth sense alerted to some seemingly quite malevolent goings-on. Stuck on their own, though, what chance either man or mutt can survive what appears to be something distinctly evil lingering around them? It has it’s moments, but moments are all they are as this really thin story quite literally pads along, slowly, without very much happening. For some reason, this place in the middle of nowhere has what appears to be an industrial-sized graveyard to add to the haunting mystery, but a dodgy generator, a storm and some crackling twigs don’t really get any hairs standing up any more, except maybe on the carpet. To be fair to the dog, it could have been trained by the legendary Rudd Weatherwax and it does all of the heavy barking but otherwis
Read the whole review on TMDB - patient1on TMDB · Nov 20257/10
Beautiful main character, and he is already on high alert. We've been teased with a back story, and hopefully, we get more info as to what is triggering our good boy's senses. There is some strangeness going on, and our hooman is willfully blind or just plain ignorant of what it is that dogs do and are capable of. I loved the non-human STAR of this film, I hope to see him in more films in the future, as he has a great presence.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Brent Marchanton TMDB · Dec 20257/10
It has long been speculated (and widely believed) that animals possess special powers to sense things that we, as humans, generally cannot. This is particularly true of canines, and that belief is thought to contribute significantly to the loyal and protective bond that exists between us and dogs, the basis of their so-called designation as “man’s best friend.” That notion is now brought to life in writer-director Ben Leonberg’s debut feature, a smart horror offering that will melt your heart while giving viewers more than a few good scares along the way. When lovable pup Indy and his owner, Todd (Shane Jensen), move to a rural home, the insightful pooch quickly discovers that he and his master live in a haunted house, one that’s overrun by supernatural forces. Indy is quick to catch on that’s something’s amiss, thanks to his glimpses of spectral visions while awake and in his dreams. He does his level-best to warn Todd, but the language barrier obviously makes this difficult. Consequently, Indy attempts to protect his master despite ever-growing threats to their safety and well-being, as well as Todd’s mysteriously steadily worsening health. In some respects, “Good Boy” may seem l
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Cast
- Shane JensenTodd
- Arielle FriedmanVera
- Larry FessendenGrandpa
- Stuart RudinRichard
- Anya KrawcheckDoctor
- Hunter GoetzWeatherman / Narrator
- BanditMax
Crew
- Ben LeonbergDirector
- Alex CannonWriter
- Ben LeonbergWriter
- Wade GrebnoelDirector of Photography
- Sam Boase-MillerOriginal Music Composer
- Curtis RobertsEditor
- Kari FischerProducer
- Ben LeonbergProducer
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