Overview

• The film follows Indy, the real-life dog of director Ben Leonberg, as he senses supernatural forces in a rural home and strives to protect his owner without any spoken cues.
• Leonberg and co-writer Alex Cannon spent three years and more than 400 shooting days capturing Indy’s instinctive reactions with no voice-over or anthropomorphic monologue.
• Good Boy debuted at SXSW in March 2025 to strong critical praise and currently holds a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
• IFC Films and Shudder have scheduled the U.S. commercial release for October 3, 2025, with details for a Latin American rollout still pending.
• By immersing viewers in a dog’s sensory experience, Good Boy seeks to redefine emotional horror through an authentic human-animal bond.