Good Boy (2025) Told From Dog's POV

Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy (2025) is a haunted-house horror told almost entirely from the point of view of Indy, an 8-year-old retriever who senses a baleful force threatening his ailing owner Todd (played by Shane Jensen). The film was shot close to the ground with a custom camera rig and mostly obscured human faces so audiences experience the supernatural through Indy's heightened senses. Leonberg says Indy was not acting but reacting to cues on set, and the film repeatedly puts the dog in peril to weaponize viewers’ fear for his safety. The plot centers on a country house tied to Todd’s deceased grandfather and explores how humans often ignore pets’ warnings about unseen dangers. Critics have praised the movie’s emotional resonance and inventive dog POV for making familiar haunted-house beats feel fresh and often genuinely terrifying.